umata
Zulu
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /úmáːta/
Noun
úmáta class 1a (plural ômáta class 2a)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | umata | omata | ||
| simple form | mata | bomata | ||
| locative | kumata | komata | ||
| copulative | ngumata | ngomata | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | kamata | okamata | womata | owomata |
| class 2 | bakamata | abakamata | bomata | abomata |
| class 3 | kamata | okamata | womata | owomata |
| class 4 | kamata | ekamata | yomata | eyomata |
| class 5 | likamata | elikamata | lomata | elomata |
| class 6 | kamata | akamata | omata | awomata |
| class 7 | sikamata | esikamata | somata | esomata |
| class 8 | zikamata | ezikamata | zomata | ezomata |
| class 9 | kamata | ekamata | yomata | eyomata |
| class 10 | zikamata | ezikamata | zomata | ezomata |
| class 11 | lukamata | olukamata | lomata | olomata |
| class 14 | bukamata | obukamata | bomata | obomata |
| class 15 | kukamata | okukamata | komata | okomata |
| class 17 | kukamata | okukamata | komata | okomata |
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-mata”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-mata (2.4.9)”