umthunzi

Southern Ndebele

Noun

úḿthûnzi class 3 (plural ímíthûnzi class 4)

1. shadow

Inflection

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Xhosa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [úḿ̩tʰûːⁿd̥zi̤]

Noun

úḿthûnzi class 3 (plural ímíthûnzi class 4)

1. shade

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úm̩tʰûːnzi/

Noun

úmthûnzi class 3 (plural ímithûnzi class 4)

1. shade

Inflection

Class 3/4
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umthunzi	imithunzi
Locative	emthunzini	emithunzini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	umthunzi		imithunzi
Simple form	mthunzi		mithunzi
Locative	emthunzini		emithunzini
Copulative	ngumthunzi		yimithunzi
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	womthunzi	owomthunzi	wemithunzi	owemithunzi
Class 2	bomthunzi	abomthunzi	bemithunzi	abemithunzi
Class 3	womthunzi	owomthunzi	wemithunzi	owemithunzi
Class 4	yomthunzi	eyomthunzi	yemithunzi	eyemithunzi
Class 5	lomthunzi	elomthunzi	lemithunzi	elemithunzi
Class 6	omthunzi	awomthunzi	emithunzi	awemithunzi
Class 7	somthunzi	esomthunzi	semithunzi	esemithunzi
Class 8	zomthunzi	ezomthunzi	zemithunzi	ezemithunzi
Class 9	yomthunzi	eyomthunzi	yemithunzi	eyemithunzi
Class 10	zomthunzi	ezomthunzi	zemithunzi	ezemithunzi
Class 11	lomthunzi	olomthunzi	lwemithunzi	olwemithunzi
Class 14	bomthunzi	obomthunzi	bemithunzi	obemithunzi
Class 15	komthunzi	okomthunzi	kwemithunzi	okwemithunzi
Class 17	komthunzi	okomthunzi	kwemithunzi	okwemithunzi

References

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