isinkwa

isinkwa

Zulu

Etymology

Cognate with Xhosa isonka, Chichewa chingwa, and Shona chingwa.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isíːnkwa/

Noun

isínkwa class 7 (plural izínkwa class 8)

1. bread
2. loaf

Inflection

Class 7/8
	Singular	Plural
Full form	isinkwa	izinkwa
Locative	esinkweni	ezinkweni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	isinkwa		izinkwa
Simple form	sinkwa		zinkwa
Locative	esinkweni		ezinkweni
Copulative	yisinkwa		yizinkwa
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wesinkwa	owesinkwa	wezinkwa	owezinkwa
Class 2	besinkwa	abesinkwa	bezinkwa	abezinkwa
Class 3	wesinkwa	owesinkwa	wezinkwa	owezinkwa
Class 4	yesinkwa	eyesinkwa	yezinkwa	eyezinkwa
Class 5	lesinkwa	elesinkwa	lezinkwa	elezinkwa
Class 6	esinkwa	awesinkwa	ezinkwa	awezinkwa
Class 7	sesinkwa	esesinkwa	sezinkwa	esezinkwa
Class 8	zesinkwa	ezesinkwa	zezinkwa	ezezinkwa
Class 9	yesinkwa	eyesinkwa	yezinkwa	eyezinkwa
Class 10	zesinkwa	ezesinkwa	zezinkwa	ezezinkwa
Class 11	lwesinkwa	olwesinkwa	lwezinkwa	olwezinkwa
Class 14	besinkwa	obesinkwa	bezinkwa	obezinkwa
Class 15	kwesinkwa	okwesinkwa	kwezinkwa	okwezinkwa
Class 17	kwesinkwa	okwesinkwa	kwezinkwa	okwezinkwa

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-nkwa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-nkwa (6.3.9)”