inkukhu
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *nkʊ́kʊ́, a variant of Common Bantu *nkókó.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *nkʊ́kʊ́, a variant of Common Bantu *nkókó.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *nkʊ́kʊ́, a variant of Common Bantu *nkókó.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ínkúːkʰu/
Inflection
Class 9/10 | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Full form | inkukhu | izinkukhu | ||
Locative | enkukhwini | ezinkukhwini | ||
Singular | Plural | |||
Full form | inkukhu | izinkukhu | ||
Simple form | nkukhu | zinkukhu | ||
Locative | enkukhwini | ezinkukhwini | ||
Copulative | yinkukhu | yizinkukhu | ||
Possessive forms | ||||
Singular | Plural | |||
Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
Class 1 | wenkukhu | owenkukhu | wezinkukhu | owezinkukhu |
Class 2 | benkukhu | abenkukhu | bezinkukhu | abezinkukhu |
Class 3 | wenkukhu | owenkukhu | wezinkukhu | owezinkukhu |
Class 4 | yenkukhu | eyenkukhu | yezinkukhu | eyezinkukhu |
Class 5 | lenkukhu | elenkukhu | lezinkukhu | elezinkukhu |
Class 6 | enkukhu | awenkukhu | ezinkukhu | awezinkukhu |
Class 7 | senkukhu | esenkukhu | sezinkukhu | esezinkukhu |
Class 8 | zenkukhu | ezenkukhu | zezinkukhu | ezezinkukhu |
Class 9 | yenkukhu | eyenkukhu | yezinkukhu | eyezinkukhu |
Class 10 | zenkukhu | ezenkukhu | zezinkukhu | ezezinkukhu |
Class 11 | lwenkukhu | olwenkukhu | lwezinkukhu | olwezinkukhu |
Class 14 | benkukhu | obenkukhu | bezinkukhu | obezinkukhu |
Class 15 | kwenkukhu | okwenkukhu | kwezinkukhu | okwezinkukhu |
Class 17 | kwenkukhu | okwenkukhu | kwezinkukhu | okwezinkukhu |
Derived terms
- isikhukhukazi
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “khuku”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “khuku (2.4.9)”
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