inyama
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *ínyama, from Proto-Bantu *ǹɲàmà.
Noun
ínyama class 9 (plural izinyâma class 10)
- meat, flesh
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *ínyama, from Proto-Bantu *ǹɲàmà.
Noun
ínyama class 9 (plural tínyama class 10)
- meat, flesh
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *ínyama, from Proto-Bantu *ǹɲàmà.
Noun
ínyama class 9 (plural iínyama class 10)
- meat, flesh
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *ínyama, from Proto-Bantu *ǹɲàmà.
Noun
ínyama class 9 (plural tínyama class 10)
- meat, flesh
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *ínyama, from Proto-Bantu *ǹɲàmà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [íɲaːma]
Noun
ínyama class 9 (plural iinyâma class 10)
- meat, flesh
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *ínyama, from Proto-Bantu *ǹɲàmà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /íɲaːma/
Noun
ínyama class 9 (plural izinyâma class 10)
- meat, flesh
- skin (of a human)
- Synonym: isikhumba
Inflection
| Class 9/10 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | inyama | izinyama | ||
| Locative | enyameni | ezinyameni | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | inyama | izinyama | ||
| Simple form | nyama | zinyama | ||
| Locative | enyameni | ezinyameni | ||
| Copulative | yinyama | yizinyama | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | wenyama | owenyama | wezinyama | owezinyama |
| Class 2 | benyama | abenyama | bezinyama | abezinyama |
| Class 3 | wenyama | owenyama | wezinyama | owezinyama |
| Class 4 | yenyama | eyenyama | yezinyama | eyezinyama |
| Class 5 | lenyama | elenyama | lezinyama | elezinyama |
| Class 6 | enyama | awenyama | ezinyama | awezinyama |
| Class 7 | senyama | esenyama | sezinyama | esezinyama |
| Class 8 | zenyama | ezenyama | zezinyama | ezezinyama |
| Class 9 | yenyama | eyenyama | yezinyama | eyezinyama |
| Class 10 | zenyama | ezenyama | zezinyama | ezezinyama |
| Class 11 | lwenyama | olwenyama | lwezinyama | olwezinyama |
| Class 14 | benyama | obenyama | bezinyama | obezinyama |
| Class 15 | kwenyama | okwenyama | kwezinyama | okwezinyama |
| Class 17 | kwenyama | okwenyama | kwezinyama | okwezinyama |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-nyama”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-nyama (2.9.9)”