umendo
Zulu
FWOTD – 11 April 2019
Etymology
From umu- + -enda + -o.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /uméːndo/
Noun
uméndo class 3 (plural iméndo class 4)
- wedlock, married life
- main road
Inflection
| Class 3/4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | umendo | imendo | ||
| Locative | emendweni | emendweni | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | umendo | imendo | ||
| Simple form | mendo | mendo | ||
| Locative | emendweni | emendweni | ||
| Copulative | ngumendo | yimendo | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | womendo | owomendo | wemendo | owemendo |
| Class 2 | bomendo | abomendo | bemendo | abemendo |
| Class 3 | womendo | owomendo | wemendo | owemendo |
| Class 4 | yomendo | eyomendo | yemendo | eyemendo |
| Class 5 | lomendo | elomendo | lemendo | elemendo |
| Class 6 | omendo | awomendo | emendo | awemendo |
| Class 7 | somendo | esomendo | semendo | esemendo |
| Class 8 | zomendo | ezomendo | zemendo | ezemendo |
| Class 9 | yomendo | eyomendo | yemendo | eyemendo |
| Class 10 | zomendo | ezomendo | zemendo | ezemendo |
| Class 11 | lomendo | olomendo | lwemendo | olwemendo |
| Class 14 | bomendo | obomendo | bemendo | obemendo |
| Class 15 | komendo | okomendo | kwemendo | okwemendo |
| Class 17 | komendo | okomendo | kwemendo | okwemendo |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-endo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-endo (3.2.9)”