isilisa
Zulu
Etymology
From isi- + umlisa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ísilíːsa/
Noun
ísilísa class 7
- male people, menfolk
- (with a possessive concord) male
Inflection
| Class 7 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | isilisa | — | ||
| Locative | esiliseni | — | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | isilisa | — | ||
| Simple form | silisa | — | ||
| Locative | esiliseni | — | ||
| Copulative | yisilisa | — | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | wesilisa | owesilisa | — | — |
| Class 2 | besilisa | abesilisa | — | — |
| Class 3 | wesilisa | owesilisa | — | — |
| Class 4 | yesilisa | eyesilisa | — | — |
| Class 5 | lesilisa | elesilisa | — | — |
| Class 6 | esilisa | awesilisa | — | — |
| Class 7 | sesilisa | esesilisa | — | — |
| Class 8 | zesilisa | ezesilisa | — | — |
| Class 9 | yesilisa | eyesilisa | — | — |
| Class 10 | zesilisa | ezesilisa | — | — |
| Class 11 | lwesilisa | olwesilisa | — | — |
| Class 14 | besilisa | obesilisa | — | — |
| Class 15 | kwesilisa | okwesilisa | — | — |
| Class 17 | kwesilisa | okwesilisa | — | — |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-lisa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-lisa (2.4.3.9)”