ncane
Northern Ndebele
Adjective
-ncáne
- small, little
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Swazi
Adjective
-ncáne
- small, little
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From nci + -ane.
Adjective
-ncáne
- small, little
- young
- minor, insignificant
- (with a plural) few
Inflection
Adjective concord | ||||
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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”