banyana

Zulu

Etymology

From -bana +‎ -ana.

Adjective

-banyana^?

1. ugly but dear
2. mischievous

Inflection

Adjective concord
	Modifier		Copulative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	engimbanyana	engingembanyana	ngimbanyana	angimbanyana
2nd singular	ombanyana	ongembanyana	umbanyana	awumbanyana
1st plural	esibabanyana	esingebabanyana	sibabanyana	asibabanyana
2nd plural	enibabanyana	eningebabanyana	nibabanyana	anibabanyana
Class 1	ombanyana	ongembanyana	mbanyana	akambanyana
Class 2	ababanyana	abangebabanyana	babanyana	abababanyana
Class 3	ombanyana	ongembanyana	mbanyana	awumbanyana
Class 4	emibanyana	engemibanyana	mibanyana	ayimibanyana
Class 5	elibanyana	elingelibanyana	libanyana	alilibanyana
Class 6	amabanyana	angemabanyana	mabanyana	awamabanyana
Class 7	esibanyana	esingesibanyana	sibanyana	asisibanyana
Class 8	ezimbanyana	ezingezimbanyana	zimbanyana	azizimbanyana
Class 9	embanyana	engembanyana, engeyimbanyana	imbanyana, yimbanyana	ayiyimbanyana
Class 10	ezimbanyana	ezingezimbanyana	zimbanyana	azizimbanyana
Class 11	olubanyana	olungelubanyana	lubanyana	alulubanyana
Class 14	obubanyana	obungebubanyana	bubanyana	abububanyana
Class 15	okubanyana	okungekubanyana	kubanyana	akukubanyana
Class 17	okubanyana	okungekubanyana	kubanyana	akukubanyana

References

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