labaya
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronoun
labaya
- those over there, yonder; class 2 remote demonstrative.
Zulu
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /laːɓajâː/
Pronoun
labaya
- those over there, yonder; class 2 remote demonstrative.
Inflection
| full form | lābayâ | |
|---|---|---|
| locative | kulabaya | |
| copulative | yilabaya | |
| Possessive forms | ||
| modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | walabaya | owalabaya |
| class 2 | balabaya | abalabaya |
| class 3 | walabaya | owalabaya |
| class 4 | yalabaya | eyalabaya |
| class 5 | lalabaya | elalabaya |
| class 6 | alabaya | awalabaya |
| class 7 | salabaya | esalabaya |
| class 8 | zalabaya | ezalabaya |
| class 9 | yalabaya | eyalabaya |
| class 10 | zalabaya | ezalabaya |
| class 11 | lwalabaya | olwalabaya |
| class 14 | balabaya | obalabaya |
| class 15 | kwalabaya | okwalabaya |
| class 17 | kwalabaya | okwalabaya |
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “laɓayá”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “laɓayá (6.6.3-8)”
- Khumalo, J. S. M. (1981). Zulu tonology. African Studies, 40(2), 53–130. doi:10.1080/00020188108707573. eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/00020188108707573
- Khumalo, J. S. M. (1982). Zulu tonology. African Studies, 41(1), 3–125. doi:10.1080/00020188208707579. eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/00020188208707579