ili-
See also: ili, ílį́, iḻi, and -ili
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *íli-, from Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
Prefix
ili-
- Class 5 noun prefix.
Usage notes
The variant form i- is used before stems of more than one syllable.
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *íli-, from Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
Prefix
ili-
- Class 5 noun prefix.
Usage notes
The variant form i- is used before stems of more than one syllable.
Zulu
Prefix
ili-
- Archaic form of i- (literally “class 5 full noun prefix”).
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “ili-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ili-”