iGauteng
Zulu
Etymology
From Sotho iGauteng (“place of gold”), from gauda or gauta (“gold”, from Afrikaans goud, cognate with English gold) + teng (“here, there; inside”). Doublet of igolide, iGoli, and eGoli.
Pronunciation
Noun
iGauteng? class 5
- Gauteng (a province of South Africa)
- Synonym: eGoli
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | iGauteng | — | ||
| simple form | liGauteng | — | ||
| locative | eGauteng | — | ||
| copulative | yiGauteng | — | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | weGauteng | oweGauteng | — | — |
| class 2 | beGauteng | abeGauteng | — | — |
| class 3 | weGauteng | oweGauteng | — | — |
| class 4 | yeGauteng | eyeGauteng | — | — |
| class 5 | leGauteng | eleGauteng | — | — |
| class 6 | eGauteng | aweGauteng | — | — |
| class 7 | seGauteng | eseGauteng | — | — |
| class 8 | zeGauteng | ezeGauteng | — | — |
| class 9 | yeGauteng | eyeGauteng | — | — |
| class 10 | zeGauteng | ezeGauteng | — | — |
| class 11 | lweGauteng | olweGauteng | — | — |
| class 14 | beGauteng | obeGauteng | — | — |
| class 15 | kweGauteng | okweGauteng | — | — |
| class 17 | kweGauteng | okweGauteng | — | — |