imvubu
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *ímvubú, from Proto-Bantu *ǹgùbʊ́.
Noun
imvubu? class 9 (plural izimvubu class 10)
- hippopotamus
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *ímvubú, from Proto-Bantu *ǹgùbʊ́.
Noun
ímvubú class 9 (plural tímvubú class 10)
- hippopotamus
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *ímvubú, Proto-Bantu *ǹgùbʊ́.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [íᶬb̪̊vṳːɓú]
Noun
ímvubú class 9 (plural íimvubú class 10)
- hippopotamus
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *ímvubú, from Proto-Bantu *ǹgùbʊ́.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ímvuːɓú/
Noun
ímvubú class 9 (plural izímvubú class 10)
- hippopotamus
- sjambok
Inflection
| Class 9/10 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | imvubu | izimvubu | ||
| Locative | emvutshini | ezimvutshini | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | imvubu | izimvubu | ||
| Simple form | mvubu | zimvubu | ||
| Locative | emvutshini | ezimvutshini | ||
| Copulative | yimvubu | yizimvubu | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | wemvubu | owemvubu | wezimvubu | owezimvubu |
| Class 2 | bemvubu | abemvubu | bezimvubu | abezimvubu |
| Class 3 | wemvubu | owemvubu | wezimvubu | owezimvubu |
| Class 4 | yemvubu | eyemvubu | yezimvubu | eyezimvubu |
| Class 5 | lemvubu | elemvubu | lezimvubu | elezimvubu |
| Class 6 | emvubu | awemvubu | ezimvubu | awezimvubu |
| Class 7 | semvubu | esemvubu | sezimvubu | esezimvubu |
| Class 8 | zemvubu | ezemvubu | zezimvubu | ezezimvubu |
| Class 9 | yemvubu | eyemvubu | yezimvubu | eyezimvubu |
| Class 10 | zemvubu | ezemvubu | zezimvubu | ezezimvubu |
| Class 11 | lwemvubu | olwemvubu | lwezimvubu | olwezimvubu |
| Class 14 | bemvubu | obemvubu | bezimvubu | obezimvubu |
| Class 15 | kwemvubu | okwemvubu | kwezimvubu | okwezimvubu |
| Class 17 | kwemvubu | okwemvubu | kwezimvubu | okwezimvubu |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-vuɓu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-vuɓu (2.6.3)”