umhlane
Zulu
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uḿ̩ɬaːné/
Noun
uḿhlané class 3 (plural imíhlané class 4)
- back (part of the body)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | umhlane | imihlane | ||
| simple form | mhlane | mihlane | ||
| locative | emhlane | emihlane | ||
| copulative | ngumhlane | yimihlane | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | womhlane | owomhlane | wemihlane | owemihlane |
| class 2 | bomhlane | abomhlane | bemihlane | abemihlane |
| class 3 | womhlane | owomhlane | wemihlane | owemihlane |
| class 4 | yomhlane | eyomhlane | yemihlane | eyemihlane |
| class 5 | lomhlane | elomhlane | lemihlane | elemihlane |
| class 6 | omhlane | awomhlane | emihlane | awemihlane |
| class 7 | somhlane | esomhlane | semihlane | esemihlane |
| class 8 | zomhlane | ezomhlane | zemihlane | ezemihlane |
| class 9 | yomhlane | eyomhlane | yemihlane | eyemihlane |
| class 10 | zomhlane | ezomhlane | zemihlane | ezemihlane |
| class 11 | lomhlane | olomhlane | lwemihlane | olwemihlane |
| class 14 | bomhlane | obomhlane | bemihlane | obemihlane |
| class 15 | komhlane | okomhlane | kwemihlane | okwemihlane |
| class 17 | komhlane | okomhlane | kwemihlane | okwemihlane |
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-hlane”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-hlane (3.2.6.3)”