umnyelele

umnyelele

Zulu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /um̩ɲéleːle/

Noun

umnyélele class 5 (plural iminyélele class 6)

1. zephyr, gentle breeze
2. species of grasshopper

   Synonym: unyelele

Inflection

Class 3/4
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umnyelele	iminyelele
Locative	emnyeleleni	eminyeleleni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	umnyelele		iminyelele
Simple form	mnyelele		minyelele
Locative	emnyeleleni		eminyeleleni
Copulative	ngumnyelele		yiminyelele
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	womnyelele	owomnyelele	weminyelele	oweminyelele
Class 2	bomnyelele	abomnyelele	beminyelele	abeminyelele
Class 3	womnyelele	owomnyelele	weminyelele	oweminyelele
Class 4	yomnyelele	eyomnyelele	yeminyelele	eyeminyelele
Class 5	lomnyelele	elomnyelele	leminyelele	eleminyelele
Class 6	omnyelele	awomnyelele	eminyelele	aweminyelele
Class 7	somnyelele	esomnyelele	seminyelele	eseminyelele
Class 8	zomnyelele	ezomnyelele	zeminyelele	ezeminyelele
Class 9	yomnyelele	eyomnyelele	yeminyelele	eyeminyelele
Class 10	zomnyelele	ezomnyelele	zeminyelele	ezeminyelele
Class 11	lomnyelele	olomnyelele	lweminyelele	olweminyelele
Class 14	bomnyelele	obomnyelele	beminyelele	obeminyelele
Class 15	komnyelele	okomnyelele	kweminyelele	okweminyelele
Class 17	komnyelele	okomnyelele	kweminyelele	okweminyelele

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-nyelele”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-nyelele (6.6.3.9.9)”