ncane

ncane

Northern Ndebele

Adjective

-ncáne

1. small, little

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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Swazi

Adjective

-ncáne

1. small, little

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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Zulu

Etymology

From nci +‎ -ane.

Adjective

-ncáne

1. small, little
2. young
3. minor, insignificant
4. (with a plural) few

Inflection

Adjective concord
	Modifier		Copulative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	engimncane	engingemncane	ngimncane	angimncane
2nd singular	omncane	ongemncane	umncane	awumncane
1st plural	esibancane	esingebancane	sibancane	asibancane
2nd plural	enibancane	eningebancane	nibancane	anibancane
Class 1	omncane	ongemncane	mncane	akamncane
Class 2	abancane	abangebancane	bancane	ababancane
Class 3	omncane	ongemncane	mncane	awumncane
Class 4	emincane	engemincane	mincane	ayimincane
Class 5	elincane	elingelincane	lincane	alilincane
Class 6	amancane	angemancane	mancane	awamancane
Class 7	esincane	esingesincane	sincane	asisincane
Class 8	ezincane	ezingezincane	zincane	azizincane
Class 9	encane	engencane, engeyincane	incane, yincane	ayiyincane
Class 10	ezincane	ezingezincane	zincane	azizincane
Class 11	oluncane	olungeluncane	luncane	aluluncane
Class 14	obuncane	obungebuncane	buncane	abubuncane
Class 15	okuncane	okungekuncane	kuncane	akukuncane
Class 17	okuncane	okungekuncane	kuncane	akukuncane

Derived terms

• ubuncane

References

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