inkuba
Zulu
Etymology
From in- + -khuba + -a.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ínkúːɓa/
Noun
ínkúba class 9 (plural ízinkúba class 10)
- dung beetle, scarab
Inflection
| Class 9/10 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | inkuba | izinkuba | ||
| Locative | enkubeni | ezinkubeni | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | inkuba | izinkuba | ||
| Simple form | nkuba | zinkuba | ||
| Locative | enkubeni | ezinkubeni | ||
| Copulative | yinkuba | yizinkuba | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | wenkuba | owenkuba | wezinkuba | owezinkuba |
| Class 2 | benkuba | abenkuba | bezinkuba | abezinkuba |
| Class 3 | wenkuba | owenkuba | wezinkuba | owezinkuba |
| Class 4 | yenkuba | eyenkuba | yezinkuba | eyezinkuba |
| Class 5 | lenkuba | elenkuba | lezinkuba | elezinkuba |
| Class 6 | enkuba | awenkuba | ezinkuba | awezinkuba |
| Class 7 | senkuba | esenkuba | sezinkuba | esezinkuba |
| Class 8 | zenkuba | ezenkuba | zezinkuba | ezezinkuba |
| Class 9 | yenkuba | eyenkuba | yezinkuba | eyezinkuba |
| Class 10 | zenkuba | ezenkuba | zezinkuba | ezezinkuba |
| Class 11 | lwenkuba | olwenkuba | lwezinkuba | olwezinkuba |
| Class 14 | benkuba | obenkuba | bezinkuba | obezinkuba |
| Class 15 | kwenkuba | okwenkuba | kwezinkuba | okwezinkuba |
| Class 17 | kwenkuba | okwenkuba | kwezinkuba | okwezinkuba |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-khuɓa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khuɓa (2.4.9)”