amafutha
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *màkútà.
Noun
ámáfûtha class 6
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *màkútà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ámáfûːtʰa]
Noun
ámáfûtha class 6
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *màkútà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ámafûːtʰa/
Noun
ámafûtha class 6
- fat, grease
- oil, liquid fat
- fuel
- Synonym: uphethiloli
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | — | amafutha | ||
| simple form | — | mafutha | ||
| locative | — | emafutheni | ||
| copulative | — | ngamafutha | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | — | — | wamafutha | owamafutha |
| class 2 | — | — | bamafutha | abamafutha |
| class 3 | — | — | wamafutha | owamafutha |
| class 4 | — | — | yamafutha | eyamafutha |
| class 5 | — | — | lamafutha | elamafutha |
| class 6 | — | — | amafutha | awamafutha |
| class 7 | — | — | samafutha | esamafutha |
| class 8 | — | — | zamafutha | ezamafutha |
| class 9 | — | — | yamafutha | eyamafutha |
| class 10 | — | — | zamafutha | ezamafutha |
| class 11 | — | — | lwamafutha | olwamafutha |
| class 14 | — | — | bamafutha | obamafutha |
| class 15 | — | — | kwamafutha | okwamafutha |
| class 17 | — | — | kwamafutha | okwamafutha |
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-futha”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-futha (2.4.3-8.9)”