bovu

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *-bomvú.

Relative

-bovú

1. red

Inflection

Relative concord, tone LH
	Modifier	Copulative
1st singular	legibovu	gibovu
2nd singular	lobovu	ubovu
1st plural	lesibovu	sibovu
2nd plural	lelibovu	libovu
Class 1	lobovu	ubovu
Class 2	lababovu	babovu
Class 3	lobovu	ubovu
Class 4	lebovu	ibovu
Class 5	lelibovu	libovu
Class 6	labovu	abovu
Class 7	lesibovu	sibovu
Class 8	letibovu	tibovu
Class 9	lebovu	ibovu
Class 10	letibovu	tibovu
Class 14	lobubovu	bubovu
Class 15	lokubovu	kubovu
Class 17	lokubovu	kubovu

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Adjective

-bovu (declinable)

1. rotten; overripe

Declension

Inflected forms of -bovu

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	mbovu	wabovu
m-mi class(III/IV)	mbovu	mibovu
ji-ma class(V/VI)	bovu	mabovu
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	kibovu	vibovu
n class(IX/X)	mbovu	mbovu
u class(XI)	mbovu	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	pabovu
ku class(XVII)	kubovu
mu class(XVIII)	mubovu

Swazi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *-bomvú.

Relative

-bovú

1. red

Inflection

Relative concord, tone LH
	Modifier	Copulative
1st singular	lengibovu	ngibovu
2nd singular	lobovu	ubovu
1st plural	lesibovu	sibovu
2nd plural	lenibovu	nibovu
Class 1	lobovu	ubovu
Class 2	lababovu	babovu
Class 3	lobovu	ubovu
Class 4	lebovu	ibovu
Class 5	lelibovu	libovu
Class 6	labovu	abovu
Class 7	lesibovu	sibovu
Class 8	letibovu	tibovu
Class 9	lebovu	ibovu
Class 10	letibovu	tibovu
Class 11	lolubovu	lubovu
Class 14	lobubovu	bubovu
Class 15	lokubovu	kubovu
Class 17	lokubovu	kubovu

See also

Colors in Swazi · imibala (layout · text)

-mhlophe		-mnyama
-bovu	-nsundvu	-mtfubi
	-luhlata
		-luhlata

Etymology 2

Noun

bôvú class 14

1. pus

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.