buhlungu
Swazi
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nguni *úbuhlúngú, from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀cʊ́ngʊ́.
Noun
búhlûngu class 14
- pain
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2
From buhlungu.
Relative
-búhlûngu
- sore, aching, painful
Inflection
This relative needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Etymology
From ubuhlungu.
Relative
-buhlungu?
- sore, aching, painful
Inflection
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From ubuhlungu.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɓuɬûːnɡu/
Relative
-buhlûngu
- sore, aching, painful
Inflection
| Relative concord | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modifier | Copulative | |||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | |
| 1st singular | engibuhlungu | engingebuhlungu | ngibuhlungu | angibuhlungu |
| 2nd singular | obuhlungu | ongebuhlungu | ubuhlungu | awubuhlungu |
| 1st plural | esibuhlungu | esingebuhlungu | sibuhlungu | asibuhlungu |
| 2nd plural | enibuhlungu | eningebuhlungu | nibuhlungu | anibuhlungu |
| Class 1 | obuhlungu | ongebuhlungu | ubuhlungu | akabuhlungu |
| Class 2 | ababuhlungu | abangebuhlungu | babuhlungu | ababuhlungu |
| Class 3 | obuhlungu | ongebuhlungu | ubuhlungu | awubuhlungu |
| Class 4 | ebuhlungu | engebuhlungu | ibuhlungu | ayibuhlungu |
| Class 5 | elibuhlungu | elingebuhlungu | libuhlungu | alibuhlungu |
| Class 6 | abuhlungu | angebuhlungu | abuhlungu | awabuhlungu |
| Class 7 | esibuhlungu | esingebuhlungu | sibuhlungu | asibuhlungu |
| Class 8 | ezibuhlungu | ezingebuhlungu | zibuhlungu | azibuhlungu |
| Class 9 | ebuhlungu | engebuhlungu | ibuhlungu | ayibuhlungu |
| Class 10 | ezibuhlungu | ezingebuhlungu | zibuhlungu | azibuhlungu |
| Class 11 | olubuhlungu | olungebuhlungu | lubuhlungu | alubuhlungu |
| Class 14 | obubuhlungu | obungebuhlungu | bubuhlungu | abubuhlungu |
| Class 15 | okubuhlungu | okungebuhlungu | kubuhlungu | akubuhlungu |
| Class 17 | okubuhlungu | okungebuhlungu | kubuhlungu | akubuhlungu |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-ɓuhlungu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ɓuhlungu”