khudlwana

khudlwana

Zulu

Etymology

From -khulu +‎ -ana.

Adjective

-khudlwâna

1. considerable, fairly big, fairly large
2. fairly important

Inflection

Adjective concord, tone class HHH
	Modifier		Copulative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	engimkhudlwana	engingemkhudlwana	ngimkhudlwana	angimkhudlwana
2nd singular	omkhudlwana	ongemkhudlwana	umkhudlwana	awumkhudlwana
1st plural	esibakhudlwana	esingebakhudlwana	sibakhudlwana	asibakhudlwana
2nd plural	enibakhudlwana	eningebakhudlwana	nibakhudlwana	anibakhudlwana
Class 1	omkhudlwana	ongemkhudlwana	mkhudlwana	akamkhudlwana
Class 2	abakhudlwana	abangebakhudlwana	bakhudlwana	ababakhudlwana
Class 3	omkhudlwana	ongemkhudlwana	mkhudlwana	awumkhudlwana
Class 4	emikhudlwana	engemikhudlwana	mikhudlwana	ayimikhudlwana
Class 5	elikhudlwana	elingelikhudlwana	likhudlwana	alilikhudlwana
Class 6	amakhudlwana	angemakhudlwana	makhudlwana	awamakhudlwana
Class 7	esikhudlwana	esingesikhudlwana	sikhudlwana	asisikhudlwana
Class 8	ezinkudlwana	ezingezinkudlwana	zinkudlwana	azizinkudlwana
Class 9	enkudlwana	engenkudlwana, engeyinkudlwana	inkudlwana, yinkudlwana	ayiyinkudlwana
Class 10	ezinkudlwana	ezingezinkudlwana	zinkudlwana	azizinkudlwana
Class 11	olukhudlwana	olungelukhudlwana	lukhudlwana	alulukhudlwana
Class 14	obukhudlwana	obungebukhudlwana	bukhudlwana	abubukhudlwana
Class 15	okukhudlwana	okungekukhudlwana	kukhudlwana	akukukhudlwana
Class 17	okukhudlwana	okungekukhudlwana	kukhudlwana	akukukhudlwana

References

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