umunswi

Zulu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úmuːnswí/

Noun

úmunswí class 3 (plural íminswí class 4)

1. thrush (bird)

Inflection

Class 3/4
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umunswi	iminswi
Locative	emunswini	eminswini
	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)”