umsila
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?], from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kɪ́dà.
Noun
umsila? class 3 (plural imisila class 4)
- tail (of an animal)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?], from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kɪ́dà.
Noun
úḿsîla class 3 (plural ímísîla class 4)
- tail (of an animal)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?], from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kɪ́dà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /úm̩sîːla/
Noun
úmsîla class 3 (plural ímisîla class 4)
- tail (of an animal)
Inflection
| Class 3/4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | umsila | imisila | ||
| Locative | emsileni | emisileni | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | umsila | imisila | ||
| Simple form | msila | misila | ||
| Locative | emsileni | emisileni | ||
| Copulative | ngumsila | yimisila | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | womsila | owomsila | wemisila | owemisila |
| Class 2 | bomsila | abomsila | bemisila | abemisila |
| Class 3 | womsila | owomsila | wemisila | owemisila |
| Class 4 | yomsila | eyomsila | yemisila | eyemisila |
| Class 5 | lomsila | elomsila | lemisila | elemisila |
| Class 6 | omsila | awomsila | emisila | awemisila |
| Class 7 | somsila | esomsila | semisila | esemisila |
| Class 8 | zomsila | ezomsila | zemisila | ezemisila |
| Class 9 | yomsila | eyomsila | yemisila | eyemisila |
| Class 10 | zomsila | ezomsila | zemisila | ezemisila |
| Class 11 | lomsila | olomsila | lwemisila | olwemisila |
| Class 14 | bomsila | obomsila | bemisila | obemisila |
| Class 15 | komsila | okomsila | kwemisila | okwemisila |
| Class 17 | komsila | okomsila | kwemisila | okwemisila |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-sila”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-sila (2.6.3-8.9)”