uKhisimusi
Zulu
Etymology
Borrowed from English Christmas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ukʰisímuːsi/
Noun
uKhisímusi class 1a (plural oKhisimusi class 2a)
- Christmas
Inflection
Class 1a/2a | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Full form | uKhisimusi | oKhisimusi | ||
Locative | kuKhisimusi | koKhisimusi | ||
Singular | Plural | |||
Full form | uKhisimusi | oKhisimusi | ||
Simple form | Khisimusi | boKhisimusi | ||
Locative | kuKhisimusi | koKhisimusi | ||
Copulative | nguKhisimusi | ngoKhisimusi | ||
Possessive forms | ||||
Singular | Plural | |||
Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
Class 1 | kaKhisimusi | okaKhisimusi | woKhisimusi | owoKhisimusi |
Class 2 | bakaKhisimusi | abakaKhisimusi | boKhisimusi | aboKhisimusi |
Class 3 | kaKhisimusi | okaKhisimusi | woKhisimusi | owoKhisimusi |
Class 4 | kaKhisimusi | ekaKhisimusi | yoKhisimusi | eyoKhisimusi |
Class 5 | likaKhisimusi | elikaKhisimusi | loKhisimusi | eloKhisimusi |
Class 6 | kaKhisimusi | akaKhisimusi | oKhisimusi | awoKhisimusi |
Class 7 | sikaKhisimusi | esikaKhisimusi | soKhisimusi | esoKhisimusi |
Class 8 | zikaKhisimusi | ezikaKhisimusi | zoKhisimusi | ezoKhisimusi |
Class 9 | kaKhisimusi | ekaKhisimusi | yoKhisimusi | eyoKhisimusi |
Class 10 | zikaKhisimusi | ezikaKhisimusi | zoKhisimusi | ezoKhisimusi |
Class 11 | lukaKhisimusi | olukaKhisimusi | loKhisimusi | oloKhisimusi |
Class 14 | bukaKhisimusi | obukaKhisimusi | boKhisimusi | oboKhisimusi |
Class 15 | kukaKhisimusi | okukaKhisimusi | koKhisimusi | okoKhisimusi |
Class 17 | kukaKhisimusi | okukaKhisimusi | koKhisimusi | okoKhisimusi |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-khisimusi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khisimusi (6.6.3.9.9)”