indlovu
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *índlovu, from Proto-Bantu *ǹjògù.
Noun
indlovu? class 9 (plural izindlovu class 10)
- elephant
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *índlovu, from Proto-Bantu *ǹjògù.
Noun
índlovu class 9 (plural tíndlovu class 10)
- elephant
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *índlovu, from Proto-Bantu *ǹjògù.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [íⁿd̥ɮo̤ːvṳ]
Noun
índlovu class 9 (plural íindlovu class 10)
- elephant
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *índlovu, from Proto-Bantu *ǹjògù.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ínɮoːvu/
Noun
índlovu class 9 (plural izíndlovu class 10)
- elephant
Inflection
| Class 9/10 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | indlovu | izindlovu | ||
| Locative | endlovini | ezindlovini | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | indlovu | izindlovu | ||
| Simple form | ndlovu | zindlovu | ||
| Locative | endlovini | ezindlovini | ||
| Copulative | yindlovu | yizindlovu | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | wendlovu | owendlovu | wezindlovu | owezindlovu |
| Class 2 | bendlovu | abendlovu | bezindlovu | abezindlovu |
| Class 3 | wendlovu | owendlovu | wezindlovu | owezindlovu |
| Class 4 | yendlovu | eyendlovu | yezindlovu | eyezindlovu |
| Class 5 | lendlovu | elendlovu | lezindlovu | elezindlovu |
| Class 6 | endlovu | awendlovu | ezindlovu | awezindlovu |
| Class 7 | sendlovu | esendlovu | sezindlovu | esezindlovu |
| Class 8 | zendlovu | ezendlovu | zezindlovu | ezezindlovu |
| Class 9 | yendlovu | eyendlovu | yezindlovu | eyezindlovu |
| Class 10 | zendlovu | ezendlovu | zezindlovu | ezezindlovu |
| Class 11 | lwendlovu | olwendlovu | lwezindlovu | olwezindlovu |
| Class 14 | bendlovu | obendlovu | bezindlovu | obezindlovu |
| Class 15 | kwendlovu | okwendlovu | kwezindlovu | okwezindlovu |
| Class 17 | kwendlovu | okwendlovu | kwezindlovu | okwezindlovu |
Derived terms
- indlovukazi
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-dlovu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-dlovu (2.9.9)”