mnyama
Northern Ndebele
Relative
-mnyama?
- black
Inflection
This relative needs an inflection-table template.
Swahili
Etymology
Originally a reassignment of nyama to an animate class.
Noun
mnyama (m-wa class, plural wanyama)
- animal (organism)
Related terms
- nyama
Swazi
Relative
-mnyáma
- black
Inflection
This relative needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From umnyama.
Relative
-mnyama?
- black
- dark
- deep
- profound
Inflection
| Relative concord | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modifier | Copulative | |||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | |
| 1st singular | engimnyama | engingemnyama | ngimnyama | angimnyama |
| 2nd singular | omnyama | ongemnyama | umnyama | awumnyama |
| 1st plural | esimnyama | esingemnyama | simnyama | asimnyama |
| 2nd plural | enimnyama | eningemnyama | nimnyama | animnyama |
| Class 1 | omnyama | ongemnyama | umnyama | akamnyama |
| Class 2 | abamnyama | abangemnyama | bamnyama | abamnyama |
| Class 3 | omnyama | ongemnyama | umnyama | awumnyama |
| Class 4 | emnyama | engemnyama | imnyama | ayimnyama |
| Class 5 | elimnyama | elingemnyama | limnyama | alimnyama |
| Class 6 | amnyama | angemnyama | amnyama | awamnyama |
| Class 7 | esimnyama | esingemnyama | simnyama | asimnyama |
| Class 8 | ezimnyama | ezingemnyama | zimnyama | azimnyama |
| Class 9 | emnyama | engemnyama | imnyama | ayimnyama |
| Class 10 | ezimnyama | ezingemnyama | zimnyama | azimnyama |
| Class 11 | olumnyama | olungemnyama | lumnyama | alumnyama |
| Class 14 | obumnyama | obungemnyama | bumnyama | abumnyama |
| Class 15 | okumnyama | okungemnyama | kumnyama | akumnyama |
| Class 17 | okumnyama | okungemnyama | kumnyama | akumnyama |
Derived terms
- ubumnyama
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-mnyama”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-mnyama”