iTheku
Xhosa
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]iTheku
- Durban (a city in South Africa)
Inflection
[edit]This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Either from itheku (“bay, harbor”), or from itheku (“animal or man with a single testicle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]îThêku class 5
- Durban (a city in South Africa)
Inflection
[edit]| Class 5 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | iTheku | — | ||
| Locative | eThekwini | — | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | iTheku | — | ||
| Simple form | liTheku | — | ||
| Locative | eThekwini | — | ||
| Copulative | yiTheku | — | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | weTheku | oweTheku | — | — |
| Class 2 | beTheku | abeTheku | — | — |
| Class 3 | weTheku | oweTheku | — | — |
| Class 4 | yeTheku | eyeTheku | — | — |
| Class 5 | leTheku | eleTheku | — | — |
| Class 6 | eTheku | aweTheku | — | — |
| Class 7 | seTheku | eseTheku | — | — |
| Class 8 | zeTheku | ezeTheku | — | — |
| Class 9 | yeTheku | eyeTheku | — | — |
| Class 10 | zeTheku | ezeTheku | — | — |
| Class 11 | lweTheku | olweTheku | — | — |
| Class 14 | beTheku | obeTheku | — | — |
| Class 15 | kweTheku | okweTheku | — | — |
| Class 17 | kweTheku | okweTheku | — | — |
References
[edit]- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-theku”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-theku (2.4.3-8.9)”
- Koopman, Adrian (2002) Andrea Nattrass, editor, Zulu Names, Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press