isikhundla

Zulu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ísikʰûːnɮa/

Noun

ísikhûndla class 7 (plural ízikhûndla class 8)

1. place, position
2. rank, grade
3. employment, position within a company

Inflection

Class 7/8
	Singular	Plural
Full form	isikhundla	izikhundla
Locative	esikhundleni	ezikhundleni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	isikhundla		izikhundla
Simple form	sikhundla		zikhundla
Locative	esikhundleni		ezikhundleni
Copulative	yisikhundla		yizikhundla
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wesikhundla	owesikhundla	wezikhundla	owezikhundla
Class 2	besikhundla	abesikhundla	bezikhundla	abezikhundla
Class 3	wesikhundla	owesikhundla	wezikhundla	owezikhundla
Class 4	yesikhundla	eyesikhundla	yezikhundla	eyezikhundla
Class 5	lesikhundla	elesikhundla	lezikhundla	elezikhundla
Class 6	esikhundla	awesikhundla	ezikhundla	awezikhundla
Class 7	sesikhundla	esesikhundla	sezikhundla	esezikhundla
Class 8	zesikhundla	ezesikhundla	zezikhundla	ezezikhundla
Class 9	yesikhundla	eyesikhundla	yezikhundla	eyezikhundla
Class 10	zesikhundla	ezesikhundla	zezikhundla	ezezikhundla
Class 11	lwesikhundla	olwesikhundla	lwezikhundla	olwezikhundla
Class 14	besikhundla	obesikhundla	bezikhundla	obezikhundla
Class 15	kwesikhundla	okwesikhundla	kwezikhundla	okwezikhundla
Class 17	kwesikhundla	okwesikhundla	kwezikhundla	okwezikhundla

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-khundla”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khundla (2.6.3-8.9)”