isintu
Xhosa
Etymology
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Noun
isintu? class 7 (plural izintu class 8)
Inflection
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Zulu
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /isíːntu/
Noun
isíntu class 7
- the human race, mankind
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | isintu | — | ||
| simple form | sintu | — | ||
| locative | esintwini | — | ||
| copulative | yisintu | — | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | wesintu | owesintu | — | — |
| class 2 | besintu | abesintu | — | — |
| class 3 | wesintu | owesintu | — | — |
| class 4 | yesintu | eyesintu | — | — |
| class 5 | lesintu | elesintu | — | — |
| class 6 | esintu | awesintu | — | — |
| class 7 | sesintu | esesintu | — | — |
| class 8 | zesintu | ezesintu | — | — |
| class 9 | yesintu | eyesintu | — | — |
| class 10 | zesintu | ezesintu | — | — |
| class 11 | lwesintu | olwesintu | — | — |
| class 14 | besintu | obesintu | — | — |
| class 15 | kwesintu | okwesintu | — | — |
| class 17 | kwesintu | okwesintu | — | — |
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ntu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ntu (3.2.9)”