umgxala

umgxala

Zulu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uḿ̩ᶢǁʱaːlá/

Noun

uḿgxalá class 3 (plural imígxalá class 4)

1. drill rod
2. crowbar
3. muscular person

Inflection

Class 3/4
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umgxala	imigxala
Locative	emgxaleni	emigxaleni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	umgxala		imigxala
Simple form	mgxala		migxala
Locative	emgxaleni		emigxaleni
Copulative	ngumgxala		yimigxala
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	womgxala	owomgxala	wemigxala	owemigxala
Class 2	bomgxala	abomgxala	bemigxala	abemigxala
Class 3	womgxala	owomgxala	wemigxala	owemigxala
Class 4	yomgxala	eyomgxala	yemigxala	eyemigxala
Class 5	lomgxala	elomgxala	lemigxala	elemigxala
Class 6	omgxala	awomgxala	emigxala	awemigxala
Class 7	somgxala	esomgxala	semigxala	esemigxala
Class 8	zomgxala	ezomgxala	zemigxala	ezemigxala
Class 9	yomgxala	eyomgxala	yemigxala	eyemigxala
Class 10	zomgxala	ezomgxala	zemigxala	ezemigxala
Class 11	lomgxala	olomgxala	lwemigxala	olwemigxala
Class 14	bomgxala	obomgxala	bemigxala	obemigxala
Class 15	komgxala	okomgxala	kwemigxala	okwemigxala
Class 17	komgxala	okomgxala	kwemigxala	okwemigxala

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-gxala”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-gxala (3.2.6.3)”