ithumbu

Xhosa

Etymology

From Common Bantu *ìtʊ̀mbò (“belly, abdomen”). Cognate with Shona dumbu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ítʰuːᵐb̥ṳ]

Noun

íthumbu class 5 (plural ámáthumbu class 6)

  1. hose, tube, pipe

Inflection

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Zulu

Etymology

From Common Bantu *ìtʊ̀mbò (“belly, abdomen”). Cognate with Shona dumbu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /íːtʰuːmbu/

Noun

ī́thumbu class 5 (plural amáthumbu class 6)

  1. bowel, gut, (in the plural) intestines
  2. tube, pipe, hose

Inflection

Class 5/6 (locative ethunjini)
singular plural
full form ithumbu amathumbu
simple form lithumbu mathumbu
locative ethunjini emathunjini
copulative yithumbu ngamathumbu
Possessive forms
singular plural
modifier substantive modifier substantive
class 1 wethumbu owethumbu wamathumbu owamathumbu
class 2 bethumbu abethumbu bamathumbu abamathumbu
class 3 wethumbu owethumbu wamathumbu owamathumbu
class 4 yethumbu eyethumbu yamathumbu eyamathumbu
class 5 lethumbu elethumbu lamathumbu elamathumbu
class 6 ethumbu awethumbu amathumbu awamathumbu
class 7 sethumbu esethumbu samathumbu esamathumbu
class 8 zethumbu ezethumbu zamathumbu ezamathumbu
class 9 yethumbu eyethumbu yamathumbu eyamathumbu
class 10 zethumbu ezethumbu zamathumbu ezamathumbu
class 11 lwethumbu olwethumbu lwamathumbu olwamathumbu
class 14 bethumbu obethumbu bamathumbu obamathumbu
class 15 kwethumbu okwethumbu kwamathumbu okwamathumbu
class 17 kwethumbu okwethumbu kwamathumbu okwamathumbu

References

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