umoya
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò (“life, spirit”).
Noun
úmôya class 3
- air, wind
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò (“life, spirit”).
Noun
úmôya class 3
- air, wind
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò (“life, spirit”).
Noun
úmôya class 3
- air
- wind
- spirit
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò (“life, spirit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [úmôːja]
Noun
úmôya class 3
- air
- wind
- spirit
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò (“life, spirit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /úmôːja/
Noun
úmôya class 3
- air
- wind
- spirit, soul
Inflection
| Class 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | umoya | — | ||
| Locative | emoyeni | — | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | umoya | — | ||
| Simple form | moya | — | ||
| Locative | emoyeni | — | ||
| Copulative | ngumoya | — | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | womoya | owomoya | — | — |
| Class 2 | bomoya | abomoya | — | — |
| Class 3 | womoya | owomoya | — | — |
| Class 4 | yomoya | eyomoya | — | — |
| Class 5 | lomoya | elomoya | — | — |
| Class 6 | omoya | awomoya | — | — |
| Class 7 | somoya | esomoya | — | — |
| Class 8 | zomoya | ezomoya | — | — |
| Class 9 | yomoya | eyomoya | — | — |
| Class 10 | zomoya | ezomoya | — | — |
| Class 11 | lomoya | olomoya | — | — |
| Class 14 | bomoya | obomoya | — | — |
| Class 15 | komoya | okomoya | — | — |
| Class 17 | komoya | okomoya | — | — |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-oya”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-oya (2.3-8.9)”