umzimba
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?], from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dímbà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [úḿ̩z̥i̤᷈ːᵐb̥ǎ̤]
Noun
úḿzîmbá class 3 (plural ímízîmbá class 4)
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Inflection
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Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?], from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dímbà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /úm̩zîːmba/
Noun
úmzîmba class 3 (plural ímizîmba class 4)
- body
Inflection
| Class 3/4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | umzimba | imizimba | ||
| Locative | emzimbeni | emizimbeni | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | umzimba | imizimba | ||
| Simple form | mzimba | mizimba | ||
| Locative | emzimbeni | emizimbeni | ||
| Copulative | ngumzimba | yimizimba | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | womzimba | owomzimba | wemizimba | owemizimba |
| Class 2 | bomzimba | abomzimba | bemizimba | abemizimba |
| Class 3 | womzimba | owomzimba | wemizimba | owemizimba |
| Class 4 | yomzimba | eyomzimba | yemizimba | eyemizimba |
| Class 5 | lomzimba | elomzimba | lemizimba | elemizimba |
| Class 6 | omzimba | awomzimba | emizimba | awemizimba |
| Class 7 | somzimba | esomzimba | semizimba | esemizimba |
| Class 8 | zomzimba | ezomzimba | zemizimba | ezemizimba |
| Class 9 | yomzimba | eyomzimba | yemizimba | eyemizimba |
| Class 10 | zomzimba | ezomzimba | zemizimba | ezemizimba |
| Class 11 | lomzimba | olomzimba | lwemizimba | olwemizimba |
| Class 14 | bomzimba | obomzimba | bemizimba | obemizimba |
| Class 15 | komzimba | okomzimba | kwemizimba | okwemizimba |
| Class 17 | komzimba | okomzimba | kwemizimba | okwemizimba |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-zimba”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-zimba (2.4.3-8.9)”