inkathi
Zulu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ínkaːtʰí/
Noun
ínkathí class 9 (plural izinkâthí class 10)
- time
- age, era, period, epoch
- season
- (grammar) tense
Inflection
| Class 9/10 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | inkathi | izinkathi | ||
| Locative | enkathini | ezinkathini | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | inkathi | izinkathi | ||
| Simple form | nkathi | zinkathi | ||
| Locative | enkathini | ezinkathini | ||
| Copulative | yinkathi | yizinkathi | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | wenkathi | owenkathi | wezinkathi | owezinkathi |
| Class 2 | benkathi | abenkathi | bezinkathi | abezinkathi |
| Class 3 | wenkathi | owenkathi | wezinkathi | owezinkathi |
| Class 4 | yenkathi | eyenkathi | yezinkathi | eyezinkathi |
| Class 5 | lenkathi | elenkathi | lezinkathi | elezinkathi |
| Class 6 | enkathi | awenkathi | ezinkathi | awezinkathi |
| Class 7 | senkathi | esenkathi | sezinkathi | esezinkathi |
| Class 8 | zenkathi | ezenkathi | zezinkathi | ezezinkathi |
| Class 9 | yenkathi | eyenkathi | yezinkathi | eyezinkathi |
| Class 10 | zenkathi | ezenkathi | zezinkathi | ezezinkathi |
| Class 11 | lwenkathi | olwenkathi | lwezinkathi | olwezinkathi |
| Class 14 | benkathi | obenkathi | bezinkathi | obezinkathi |
| Class 15 | kwenkathi | okwenkathi | kwezinkathi | okwezinkathi |
| Class 17 | kwenkathi | okwenkathi | kwezinkathi | okwezinkathi |
Related terms
- isikhathi
- umkhathi
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-khathi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khathi (3.3-5.4)”