icilongo
Zulu
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /îːǀilóːnɡo/
Noun
îcilóngo class 5 (plural ámacilóngo class 6)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | icilongo | amacilongo | ||
| simple form | licilongo | macilongo | ||
| locative | ecilongweni | emacilongweni | ||
| copulative | yicilongo | ngamacilongo | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | wecilongo | owecilongo | wamacilongo | owamacilongo |
| class 2 | becilongo | abecilongo | bamacilongo | abamacilongo |
| class 3 | wecilongo | owecilongo | wamacilongo | owamacilongo |
| class 4 | yecilongo | eyecilongo | yamacilongo | eyamacilongo |
| class 5 | lecilongo | elecilongo | lamacilongo | elamacilongo |
| class 6 | ecilongo | awecilongo | amacilongo | awamacilongo |
| class 7 | secilongo | esecilongo | samacilongo | esamacilongo |
| class 8 | zecilongo | ezecilongo | zamacilongo | ezamacilongo |
| class 9 | yecilongo | eyecilongo | yamacilongo | eyamacilongo |
| class 10 | zecilongo | ezecilongo | zamacilongo | ezamacilongo |
| class 11 | lwecilongo | olwecilongo | lwamacilongo | olwamacilongo |
| class 14 | becilongo | obecilongo | bamacilongo | obamacilongo |
| class 15 | kwecilongo | okwecilongo | kwamacilongo | okwamacilongo |
| class 17 | kwecilongo | okwecilongo | kwamacilongo | okwamacilongo |
Alternative forms
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-cilongo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-cilongo (2.4.4.3.9)”