lukhuni
Swazi
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀kʊ́nì.
Noun
lúkhûni class 11 (plural tínkhûni class 10)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2
Relative
-lúkhûni
Inflection
| modifier | copulative | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st singular | lengilukhuni | ngilukhuni |
| 2nd singular | lolukhuni | ulukhuni |
| 1st plural | lesilukhuni | silukhuni |
| 2nd plural | lenilukhuni | nilukhuni |
| class 1 | lolukhuni | ulukhuni |
| class 2 | labalukhuni | balukhuni |
| class 3 | lolukhuni | ulukhuni |
| class 4 | lelukhuni | ilukhuni |
| class 5 | lelilukhuni | lilukhuni |
| class 6 | lalukhuni | alukhuni |
| class 7 | lesilukhuni | silukhuni |
| class 8 | letilukhuni | tilukhuni |
| class 9 | lelukhuni | ilukhuni |
| class 10 | letilukhuni | tilukhuni |
| class 11 | lolulukhuni | lulukhuni |
| class 14 | lobulukhuni | bulukhuni |
| class 15 | lokulukhuni | kulukhuni |
| class 17 | lokulukhuni | kulukhuni |
Xhosa
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Relative
-lukhúni
Inflection
| modifier | copulative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| positive | negative | positive | negative | |
| 1st singular | endilukhuni | endingelukhuni | ndilukhuni | andilukhuni |
| 2nd singular | olukhuni | ongelukhuni | ulukhuni | awulukhuni |
| 1st plural | esilukhuni | esingelukhuni | silukhuni | asilukhuni |
| 2nd plural | enilukhuni | eningelukhuni | nilukhuni | anilukhuni |
| class 1 | olukhuni | ongelukhuni | ulukhuni | akalukhuni |
| class 2 | abalukhuni | abangelukhuni | balukhuni | abalukhuni |
| class 3 | olukhuni | ongelukhuni | ulukhuni | awulukhuni |
| class 4 | elukhuni | engelukhuni | ilukhuni | ayilukhuni |
| class 5 | elilukhuni | elingelukhuni | lilukhuni | alilukhuni |
| class 6 | alukhuni | angelukhuni | alukhuni | awalukhuni |
| class 7 | esilukhuni | esingelukhuni | silukhuni | asilukhuni |
| class 8 | ezilukhuni | ezingelukhuni | zilukhuni | azilukhuni |
| class 9 | elukhuni | engelukhuni | ilukhuni | ayilukhuni |
| class 10 | ezilukhuni | ezingelukhuni | zilukhuni | azilukhuni |
| class 11 | olulukhuni | olungelukhuni | lulukhuni | alulukhuni |
| class 14 | obulukhuni | obungelukhuni | bulukhuni | abulukhuni |
| class 15 | okulukhuni | okungelukhuni | kulukhuni | akulukhuni |
| class 17 | okulukhuni | okungelukhuni | kulukhuni | akulukhuni |
Zulu
Etymology
From ukhuni.
Relative
-lukhuni?
Inflection
| modifier | copulative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| positive | negative | positive | negative | |
| 1st singular | engilukhuni | engingelukhuni | ngilukhuni | angilukhuni |
| 2nd singular | olukhuni | ongelukhuni | ulukhuni | awulukhuni |
| 1st plural | esilukhuni | esingelukhuni | silukhuni | asilukhuni |
| 2nd plural | enilukhuni | eningelukhuni | nilukhuni | anilukhuni |
| class 1 | olukhuni | ongelukhuni | ulukhuni | akalukhuni |
| class 2 | abalukhuni | abangelukhuni | balukhuni | abalukhuni |
| class 3 | olukhuni | ongelukhuni | ulukhuni | awulukhuni |
| class 4 | elukhuni | engelukhuni | ilukhuni | ayilukhuni |
| class 5 | elilukhuni | elingelukhuni | lilukhuni | alilukhuni |
| class 6 | alukhuni | angelukhuni | alukhuni | awalukhuni |
| class 7 | esilukhuni | esingelukhuni | silukhuni | asilukhuni |
| class 8 | ezilukhuni | ezingelukhuni | zilukhuni | azilukhuni |
| class 9 | elukhuni | engelukhuni | ilukhuni | ayilukhuni |
| class 10 | ezilukhuni | ezingelukhuni | zilukhuni | azilukhuni |
| class 11 | olulukhuni | olungelukhuni | lulukhuni | alulukhuni |
| class 14 | obulukhuni | obungelukhuni | bulukhuni | abulukhuni |
| class 15 | okulukhuni | okungelukhuni | kulukhuni | akulukhuni |
| class 17 | okulukhuni | okungelukhuni | kulukhuni | akulukhuni |
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “lukhuni”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “lukhuni”