umunswi
Zulu
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /úmuːnswí/
Noun
úmunswí class 3 (plural íminswí class 4)
- thrush (bird)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | umunswi | iminswi | ||
| simple form | munswi | minswi | ||
| locative | emunswini | eminswini | ||
| copulative | ngumunswi | yiminswi | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | womunswi | owomunswi | weminswi | oweminswi |
| class 2 | bomunswi | abomunswi | beminswi | abeminswi |
| class 3 | womunswi | owomunswi | weminswi | oweminswi |
| class 4 | yomunswi | eyomunswi | yeminswi | eyeminswi |
| class 5 | lomunswi | elomunswi | leminswi | eleminswi |
| class 6 | omunswi | awomunswi | eminswi | aweminswi |
| class 7 | somunswi | esomunswi | seminswi | eseminswi |
| class 8 | zomunswi | ezomunswi | zeminswi | ezeminswi |
| class 9 | yomunswi | eyomunswi | yeminswi | eyeminswi |
| class 10 | zomunswi | ezomunswi | zeminswi | ezeminswi |
| class 11 | lomunswi | olomunswi | lweminswi | olweminswi |
| class 14 | bomunswi | obomunswi | beminswi | obeminswi |
| class 15 | komunswi | okomunswi | kweminswi | okweminswi |
| class 17 | komunswi | okomunswi | kweminswi | okweminswi |
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-nswi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-nswi (2.6.3)”