mhlophe
Northern Ndebele
Relative
-mhlophe?
- white
Inflection
This relative needs an inflection-table template.
Swazi
Relative
-mhlôphe
- white
Inflection
This relative needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Etymology
From umhlophe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [m̩ɬôːpʰé]
Relative
-mhlôphé
- white
Inflection
This relative needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From umhlophe.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /m̩ɬôːpʰe/
Relative
-mhlôphe
- white
- clear
- pure, innocent
- empty
Inflection
| Relative concord | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modifier | Copulative | |||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | |
| 1st singular | engimhlophe | engingemhlophe | ngimhlophe | angimhlophe |
| 2nd singular | omhlophe | ongemhlophe | umhlophe | awumhlophe |
| 1st plural | esimhlophe | esingemhlophe | simhlophe | asimhlophe |
| 2nd plural | enimhlophe | eningemhlophe | nimhlophe | animhlophe |
| Class 1 | omhlophe | ongemhlophe | umhlophe | akamhlophe |
| Class 2 | abamhlophe | abangemhlophe | bamhlophe | abamhlophe |
| Class 3 | omhlophe | ongemhlophe | umhlophe | awumhlophe |
| Class 4 | emhlophe | engemhlophe | imhlophe | ayimhlophe |
| Class 5 | elimhlophe | elingemhlophe | limhlophe | alimhlophe |
| Class 6 | amhlophe | angemhlophe | amhlophe | awamhlophe |
| Class 7 | esimhlophe | esingemhlophe | simhlophe | asimhlophe |
| Class 8 | ezimhlophe | ezingemhlophe | zimhlophe | azimhlophe |
| Class 9 | emhlophe | engemhlophe | imhlophe | ayimhlophe |
| Class 10 | ezimhlophe | ezingemhlophe | zimhlophe | azimhlophe |
| Class 11 | olumhlophe | olungemhlophe | lumhlophe | alumhlophe |
| Class 14 | obumhlophe | obungemhlophe | bumhlophe | abumhlophe |
| Class 15 | okumhlophe | okungemhlophe | kumhlophe | akumhlophe |
| Class 17 | okumhlophe | okungemhlophe | kumhlophe | akumhlophe |
Derived terms
- ubumhlophe
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-mhlophe”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-mhlophe”