umphumela
Zulu
Etymology
From umu- + -phumela + -a.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /úm̩pʰúmeːlá/
Noun
úmphúmelá class 3 (plural ímiphúmelá class 4)
- result, consequence, implication, after-effect
- lightning bush
Inflection
| Class 3/4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | umphumela | imiphumela | ||
| Locative | emphumeleni | emiphumeleni | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | umphumela | imiphumela | ||
| Simple form | mphumela | miphumela | ||
| Locative | emphumeleni | emiphumeleni | ||
| Copulative | ngumphumela | yimiphumela | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | womphumela | owomphumela | wemiphumela | owemiphumela |
| Class 2 | bomphumela | abomphumela | bemiphumela | abemiphumela |
| Class 3 | womphumela | owomphumela | wemiphumela | owemiphumela |
| Class 4 | yomphumela | eyomphumela | yemiphumela | eyemiphumela |
| Class 5 | lomphumela | elomphumela | lemiphumela | elemiphumela |
| Class 6 | omphumela | awomphumela | emiphumela | awemiphumela |
| Class 7 | somphumela | esomphumela | semiphumela | esemiphumela |
| Class 8 | zomphumela | ezomphumela | zemiphumela | ezemiphumela |
| Class 9 | yomphumela | eyomphumela | yemiphumela | eyemiphumela |
| Class 10 | zomphumela | ezomphumela | zemiphumela | ezemiphumela |
| Class 11 | lomphumela | olomphumela | lwemiphumela | olwemiphumela |
| Class 14 | bomphumela | obomphumela | bemiphumela | obemiphumela |
| Class 15 | komphumela | okomphumela | kwemiphumela | okwemiphumela |
| Class 17 | komphumela | okomphumela | kwemiphumela | okwemiphumela |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-phumela”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-phumela (2.4.3.3-5.4)”