umkhomo
Zulu
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uḿ̩kʰoːmó/
Noun
uḿkhomó class 3 (plural imíkhomó class 4)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | umkhomo | imikhomo | ||
| simple form | mkhomo | mikhomo | ||
| locative | emkhonyeni | emikhonyeni | ||
| copulative | ngumkhomo | yimikhomo | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | womkhomo | owomkhomo | wemikhomo | owemikhomo |
| class 2 | bomkhomo | abomkhomo | bemikhomo | abemikhomo |
| class 3 | womkhomo | owomkhomo | wemikhomo | owemikhomo |
| class 4 | yomkhomo | eyomkhomo | yemikhomo | eyemikhomo |
| class 5 | lomkhomo | elomkhomo | lemikhomo | elemikhomo |
| class 6 | omkhomo | awomkhomo | emikhomo | awemikhomo |
| class 7 | somkhomo | esomkhomo | semikhomo | esemikhomo |
| class 8 | zomkhomo | ezomkhomo | zemikhomo | ezemikhomo |
| class 9 | yomkhomo | eyomkhomo | yemikhomo | eyemikhomo |
| class 10 | zomkhomo | ezomkhomo | zemikhomo | ezemikhomo |
| class 11 | lomkhomo | olomkhomo | lwemikhomo | olwemikhomo |
| class 14 | bomkhomo | obomkhomo | bemikhomo | obemikhomo |
| class 15 | komkhomo | okomkhomo | kwemikhomo | okwemikhomo |
| class 17 | komkhomo | okomkhomo | kwemikhomo | okwemikhomo |
Derived terms
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-khomo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khomo (3.2.6.3)”