umoba
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gʊ̀bá.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /úmoːɓá/
Noun
úmobá class 3
- sugarcane
Inflection
| Class 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | umoba | — | ||
| Locative | emobeni | — | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | umoba | — | ||
| Simple form | moba | — | ||
| Locative | emobeni | — | ||
| Copulative | ngumoba | — | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | womoba | owomoba | — | — |
| Class 2 | bomoba | abomoba | — | — |
| Class 3 | womoba | owomoba | — | — |
| Class 4 | yomoba | eyomoba | — | — |
| Class 5 | lomoba | elomoba | — | — |
| Class 6 | omoba | awomoba | — | — |
| Class 7 | somoba | esomoba | — | — |
| Class 8 | zomoba | ezomoba | — | — |
| Class 9 | yomoba | eyomoba | — | — |
| Class 10 | zomoba | ezomoba | — | — |
| Class 11 | lomoba | olomoba | — | — |
| Class 14 | bomoba | obomoba | — | — |
| Class 15 | komoba | okomoba | — | — |
| Class 17 | komoba | okomoba | — | — |
References
C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-oɓa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-oɓa (2.6.3)”