inkanyezi
Northern Ndebele
Noun
inkanyezi? class 9 (plural izinkanyezi class 10)
- star
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From in- + khanya (“shine”) + unyezi (“moonlight”). The second part of the compound seems to be missing its prefix and is just the root -ezi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ínkaɲéːzi/
Noun
ínkanyézi class 9 (plural izínkanyézi class 10)
- star
- Synonym: imbasa
Inflection
| Class 9/10 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | inkanyezi | izinkanyezi | ||
| Locative | enkanyezini | ezinkanyezini | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | inkanyezi | izinkanyezi | ||
| Simple form | nkanyezi | zinkanyezi | ||
| Locative | enkanyezini | ezinkanyezini | ||
| Copulative | yinkanyezi | yizinkanyezi | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | wenkanyezi | owenkanyezi | wezinkanyezi | owezinkanyezi |
| Class 2 | benkanyezi | abenkanyezi | bezinkanyezi | abezinkanyezi |
| Class 3 | wenkanyezi | owenkanyezi | wezinkanyezi | owezinkanyezi |
| Class 4 | yenkanyezi | eyenkanyezi | yezinkanyezi | eyezinkanyezi |
| Class 5 | lenkanyezi | elenkanyezi | lezinkanyezi | elezinkanyezi |
| Class 6 | enkanyezi | awenkanyezi | ezinkanyezi | awezinkanyezi |
| Class 7 | senkanyezi | esenkanyezi | sezinkanyezi | esezinkanyezi |
| Class 8 | zenkanyezi | ezenkanyezi | zezinkanyezi | ezezinkanyezi |
| Class 9 | yenkanyezi | eyenkanyezi | yezinkanyezi | eyezinkanyezi |
| Class 10 | zenkanyezi | ezenkanyezi | zezinkanyezi | ezezinkanyezi |
| Class 11 | lwenkanyezi | olwenkanyezi | lwezinkanyezi | olwezinkanyezi |
| Class 14 | benkanyezi | obenkanyezi | bezinkanyezi | obezinkanyezi |
| Class 15 | kwenkanyezi | okwenkanyezi | kwezinkanyezi | okwezinkanyezi |
| Class 17 | kwenkanyezi | okwenkanyezi | kwezinkanyezi | okwezinkanyezi |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-nkanyezi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-nkanyezi (2.6.3.9)”