indlovukazi
Zulu
FWOTD – 16 May 2017
Etymology
From indlovu + -kazi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inɮovuɠâːzi/
Noun
indlovukâzi class 9 (plural izindlovukâzi class 10)
- female elephant
- queen
- queen mother
Inflection
| Class 9/10 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | indlovukazi | izindlovukazi | ||
| Locative | endlovukazini | ezindlovukazini | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | indlovukazi | izindlovukazi | ||
| Simple form | ndlovukazi | zindlovukazi | ||
| Locative | endlovukazini | ezindlovukazini | ||
| Copulative | yindlovukazi | yizindlovukazi | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | wendlovukazi | owendlovukazi | wezindlovukazi | owezindlovukazi |
| Class 2 | bendlovukazi | abendlovukazi | bezindlovukazi | abezindlovukazi |
| Class 3 | wendlovukazi | owendlovukazi | wezindlovukazi | owezindlovukazi |
| Class 4 | yendlovukazi | eyendlovukazi | yezindlovukazi | eyezindlovukazi |
| Class 5 | lendlovukazi | elendlovukazi | lezindlovukazi | elezindlovukazi |
| Class 6 | endlovukazi | awendlovukazi | ezindlovukazi | awezindlovukazi |
| Class 7 | sendlovukazi | esendlovukazi | sezindlovukazi | esezindlovukazi |
| Class 8 | zendlovukazi | ezendlovukazi | zezindlovukazi | ezezindlovukazi |
| Class 9 | yendlovukazi | eyendlovukazi | yezindlovukazi | eyezindlovukazi |
| Class 10 | zendlovukazi | ezendlovukazi | zezindlovukazi | ezezindlovukazi |
| Class 11 | lwendlovukazi | olwendlovukazi | lwezindlovukazi | olwezindlovukazi |
| Class 14 | bendlovukazi | obendlovukazi | bezindlovukazi | obezindlovukazi |
| Class 15 | kwendlovukazi | okwendlovukazi | kwezindlovukazi | okwezindlovukazi |
| Class 17 | kwendlovukazi | okwendlovukazi | kwezindlovukazi | okwezindlovukazi |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-dlovukazi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-dlovukazi (6.6.6.3-8.9)”