ibhantshi

Zulu

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans baadjie, from Dutch baadje, from Malay baju, from Classical Persian بازو (bāzū).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /îːbáːɲtʃi/

Noun

îbhántshi class 5 (plural ámabhántshi class 6)

1. jacket

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ibhantshi	amabhantshi
Locative	ebhantshini	emabhantshini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ibhantshi		amabhantshi
Simple form	libhantshi		mabhantshi
Locative	ebhantshini		emabhantshini
Copulative	yibhantshi		ngamabhantshi
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	webhantshi	owebhantshi	wamabhantshi	owamabhantshi
Class 2	bebhantshi	abebhantshi	bamabhantshi	abamabhantshi
Class 3	webhantshi	owebhantshi	wamabhantshi	owamabhantshi
Class 4	yebhantshi	eyebhantshi	yamabhantshi	eyamabhantshi
Class 5	lebhantshi	elebhantshi	lamabhantshi	elamabhantshi
Class 6	ebhantshi	awebhantshi	amabhantshi	awamabhantshi
Class 7	sebhantshi	esebhantshi	samabhantshi	esamabhantshi
Class 8	zebhantshi	ezebhantshi	zamabhantshi	ezamabhantshi
Class 9	yebhantshi	eyebhantshi	yamabhantshi	eyamabhantshi
Class 10	zebhantshi	ezebhantshi	zamabhantshi	ezamabhantshi
Class 11	lwebhantshi	olwebhantshi	lwamabhantshi	olwamabhantshi
Class 14	bebhantshi	obebhantshi	bamabhantshi	obamabhantshi
Class 15	kwebhantshi	okwebhantshi	kwamabhantshi	okwamabhantshi
Class 17	kwebhantshi	okwebhantshi	kwamabhantshi	okwamabhantshi

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-bantshi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-bantshi (2.4.3.9)”