izulu

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìgʊ̀dʊ̀.

Noun

ízulu class 5

1. rain

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìgʊ̀dʊ̀.

Noun

ízulu class 5

1. rain

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìgʊ̀dʊ̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [íz̥ṳːlu]

Noun

ízulu class 5

1. sky, heaven

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìgʊ̀dʊ̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /íːzuːlu/

Noun

ī́zulu class 5

1. sky, heaven
2. weather

Inflection

Class 5
	Singular	Plural
Full form	izulu	—
Locative	ezulwini	—
	Singular		Plural
Full form	izulu		—
Simple form	lizulu		—
Locative	ezulwini		—
Copulative	yizulu		—
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wezulu	owezulu	—	—
Class 2	bezulu	abezulu	—	—
Class 3	wezulu	owezulu	—	—
Class 4	yezulu	eyezulu	—	—
Class 5	lezulu	elezulu	—	—
Class 6	ezulu	awezulu	—	—
Class 7	sezulu	esezulu	—	—
Class 8	zezulu	ezezulu	—	—
Class 9	yezulu	eyezulu	—	—
Class 10	zezulu	ezezulu	—	—
Class 11	lwezulu	olwezulu	—	—
Class 14	bezulu	obezulu	—	—
Class 15	kwezulu	okwezulu	—	—
Class 17	kwezulu	okwezulu	—	—

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-zulu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-zulu (3.2.9.9)”