umlomo
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?], from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dòmò.
Noun
úḿlomo class 3 (plural ímílomo class 4)
- mouth
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?], from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dòmò.
Noun
úḿlomo class 3 (plural ímílomo class 4)
- mouth
Inflection
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?], from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dòmò.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [úḿ̩loːmo]
Noun
úḿlomo class 3 (plural ímílomo class 4)
- mouth
Inflection
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?], from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dòmò.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uḿ̩loːmo/
Noun
uḿlomo class 3 (plural imílomo class 4)
- mouth
- opening, entrance
- mouthpiece, spokesman
Inflection
| Class 3/4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | umlomo | imilomo | ||
| Locative | emlonyeni | emilonyeni | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | umlomo | imilomo | ||
| Simple form | mlomo | milomo | ||
| Locative | emlonyeni | emilonyeni | ||
| Copulative | ngumlomo | yimilomo | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | womlomo | owomlomo | wemilomo | owemilomo |
| Class 2 | bomlomo | abomlomo | bemilomo | abemilomo |
| Class 3 | womlomo | owomlomo | wemilomo | owemilomo |
| Class 4 | yomlomo | eyomlomo | yemilomo | eyemilomo |
| Class 5 | lomlomo | elomlomo | lemilomo | elemilomo |
| Class 6 | omlomo | awomlomo | emilomo | awemilomo |
| Class 7 | somlomo | esomlomo | semilomo | esemilomo |
| Class 8 | zomlomo | ezomlomo | zemilomo | ezemilomo |
| Class 9 | yomlomo | eyomlomo | yemilomo | eyemilomo |
| Class 10 | zomlomo | ezomlomo | zemilomo | ezemilomo |
| Class 11 | lomlomo | olomlomo | lwemilomo | olwemilomo |
| Class 14 | bomlomo | obomlomo | bemilomo | obemilomo |
| Class 15 | komlomo | okomlomo | kwemilomo | okwemilomo |
| Class 17 | komlomo | okomlomo | kwemilomo | okwemilomo |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-lomo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-lomo (3.2.9.9)”