indlela
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *ǹjɪ̀dà.
Noun
índlela class 9 (plural izindlela class 10)
- road, path
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *ǹjɪ̀dà.
Noun
índlela class 9 (plural iíndlela class 10)
- road, path
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *ǹjɪ̀dà.
Noun
índlela class 9 (plural tíndlela class 10)
- road, path
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *ǹjɪ̀dà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [íⁿd̥ɮe̤ːla]
Noun
índlela class 9 (plural iíndlela class 10)
- road, path
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *ǹjɪ̀dà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ínɮeːla/
Noun
índlela class 9 (plural izíndlela class 10)
- path, track, trail
- way, route, course
- manner, way of behaving, behaviour
- method
- (grammar) mood
Inflection
| Class 9/10 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | indlela | izindlela | ||
| Locative | endleleni | ezindleleni | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | indlela | izindlela | ||
| Simple form | ndlela | zindlela | ||
| Locative | endleleni | ezindleleni | ||
| Copulative | yindlela | yizindlela | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | wendlela | owendlela | wezindlela | owezindlela |
| Class 2 | bendlela | abendlela | bezindlela | abezindlela |
| Class 3 | wendlela | owendlela | wezindlela | owezindlela |
| Class 4 | yendlela | eyendlela | yezindlela | eyezindlela |
| Class 5 | lendlela | elendlela | lezindlela | elezindlela |
| Class 6 | endlela | awendlela | ezindlela | awezindlela |
| Class 7 | sendlela | esendlela | sezindlela | esezindlela |
| Class 8 | zendlela | ezendlela | zezindlela | ezezindlela |
| Class 9 | yendlela | eyendlela | yezindlela | eyezindlela |
| Class 10 | zendlela | ezendlela | zezindlela | ezezindlela |
| Class 11 | lwendlela | olwendlela | lwezindlela | olwezindlela |
| Class 14 | bendlela | obendlela | bezindlela | obezindlela |
| Class 15 | kwendlela | okwendlela | kwezindlela | okwezindlela |
| Class 17 | kwendlela | okwendlela | kwezindlela | okwezindlela |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-dlela”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-dlela (2.9.9)”