isiliva
Zulu
Etymology
Borrowed from English silver.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /îːsilíːva/
Noun
îsilíva class 5 (plural ámasilíva class 6)
- silver
Inflection
| Class 5/6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | isiliva | amasiliva | ||
| Locative | esiliveni | emasiliveni | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | isiliva | amasiliva | ||
| Simple form | lisiliva | masiliva | ||
| Locative | esiliveni | emasiliveni | ||
| Copulative | yisiliva | ngamasiliva | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | wesiliva | owesiliva | wamasiliva | owamasiliva |
| Class 2 | besiliva | abesiliva | bamasiliva | abamasiliva |
| Class 3 | wesiliva | owesiliva | wamasiliva | owamasiliva |
| Class 4 | yesiliva | eyesiliva | yamasiliva | eyamasiliva |
| Class 5 | lesiliva | elesiliva | lamasiliva | elamasiliva |
| Class 6 | esiliva | awesiliva | amasiliva | awamasiliva |
| Class 7 | sesiliva | esesiliva | samasiliva | esamasiliva |
| Class 8 | zesiliva | ezesiliva | zamasiliva | ezamasiliva |
| Class 9 | yesiliva | eyesiliva | yamasiliva | eyamasiliva |
| Class 10 | zesiliva | ezesiliva | zamasiliva | ezamasiliva |
| Class 11 | lwesiliva | olwesiliva | lwamasiliva | olwamasiliva |
| Class 14 | besiliva | obesiliva | bamasiliva | obamasiliva |
| Class 15 | kwesiliva | okwesiliva | kwamasiliva | okwamasiliva |
| Class 17 | kwesiliva | okwesiliva | kwamasiliva | okwamasiliva |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-siliva”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-siliva (2.4.4.3.9)”