ibhuku

Zulu

Etymology

Borrowed from English book.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /îːbûːɠu/

Noun

îbhûku class 5 (plural ámabhûku class 6)

1. book

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ibhuku	amabhuku
Locative	ebhukwini	emabhukwini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ibhuku		amabhuku
Simple form	libhuku		mabhuku
Locative	ebhukwini		emabhukwini
Copulative	yibhuku		ngamabhuku
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	webhuku	owebhuku	wamabhuku	owamabhuku
Class 2	bebhuku	abebhuku	bamabhuku	abamabhuku
Class 3	webhuku	owebhuku	wamabhuku	owamabhuku
Class 4	yebhuku	eyebhuku	yamabhuku	eyamabhuku
Class 5	lebhuku	elebhuku	lamabhuku	elamabhuku
Class 6	ebhuku	awebhuku	amabhuku	awamabhuku
Class 7	sebhuku	esebhuku	samabhuku	esamabhuku
Class 8	zebhuku	ezebhuku	zamabhuku	ezamabhuku
Class 9	yebhuku	eyebhuku	yamabhuku	eyamabhuku
Class 10	zebhuku	ezebhuku	zamabhuku	ezamabhuku
Class 11	lwebhuku	olwebhuku	lwamabhuku	olwamabhuku
Class 14	bebhuku	obebhuku	bamabhuku	obamabhuku
Class 15	kwebhuku	okwebhuku	kwamabhuku	okwamabhuku
Class 17	kwebhuku	okwebhuku	kwamabhuku	okwamabhuku

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-buku”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-buku (2.6.3-8.9)”