umuzi
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gìɪ̀.
Noun
úmúzi class 3 (plural ímízi class 4)
Inflection
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Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gìɪ̀.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /umúːzi/
Noun
umúzi class 3 (plural imízi class 4)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | umuzi | imizi | ||
| simple form | muzi | mizi | ||
| locative | emuzini | emizini | ||
| copulative | ngumuzi | yimizi | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | womuzi | owomuzi | wemizi | owemizi |
| class 2 | bomuzi | abomuzi | bemizi | abemizi |
| class 3 | womuzi | owomuzi | wemizi | owemizi |
| class 4 | yomuzi | eyomuzi | yemizi | eyemizi |
| class 5 | lomuzi | elomuzi | lemizi | elemizi |
| class 6 | omuzi | awomuzi | emizi | awemizi |
| class 7 | somuzi | esomuzi | semizi | esemizi |
| class 8 | zomuzi | ezomuzi | zemizi | ezemizi |
| class 9 | yomuzi | eyomuzi | yemizi | eyemizi |
| class 10 | zomuzi | ezomuzi | zemizi | ezemizi |
| class 11 | lomuzi | olomuzi | lwemizi | olwemizi |
| class 14 | bomuzi | obomuzi | bemizi | obemizi |
| class 15 | komuzi | okomuzi | kwemizi | okwemizi |
| class 17 | komuzi | okomuzi | kwemizi | okwemizi |
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-zi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-zi (3.2.9)”