umama
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mààmá.
Noun
umama? class 1a (plural omama class 2a)
- mother
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Swahili
Etymology
From u- + mama.
Noun
umama (u class, no plural)
- motherhood, maternity
Coordinate terms
- ubaba
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mààmá.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [úmaːmá]
Noun
úmamá class 1a (plural ôomamá class 2a)
- mom, mother
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mààmá.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /úmʱáːma/
Noun
úm̤áma class 1a (plural omama class 2a)
- my mother
Inflection
Class 1a/2a | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Full form | umama | omama | ||
Locative | kumama | komama | ||
Singular | Plural | |||
Full form | umama | omama | ||
Simple form | mama | bomama | ||
Locative | kumama | komama | ||
Copulative | ngumama | ngomama | ||
Possessive forms | ||||
Singular | Plural | |||
Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
Class 1 | kamama | okamama | womama | owomama |
Class 2 | bakamama | abakamama | bomama | abomama |
Class 3 | kamama | okamama | womama | owomama |
Class 4 | kamama | ekamama | yomama | eyomama |
Class 5 | likamama | elikamama | lomama | elomama |
Class 6 | kamama | akamama | omama | awomama |
Class 7 | sikamama | esikamama | somama | esomama |
Class 8 | zikamama | ezikamama | zomama | ezomama |
Class 9 | kamama | ekamama | yomama | eyomama |
Class 10 | zikamama | ezikamama | zomama | ezomama |
Class 11 | lukamama | olukamama | lomama | olomama |
Class 14 | bukamama | obukamama | bomama | obomama |
Class 15 | kukamama | okukamama | komama | okomama |
Class 17 | kukamama | okukamama | komama | okomama |
See also
- unyoko (“your mother”)
- unina (“his/her mother”)
- ubaba (“my father”)
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-mama”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-mama (2.8-3.9)”