ifosholo

Zulu

Etymology

Borrowed from English shovel, with metathesis applied.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iːfóʃoːlo/

Noun

īfósholo class 5 (plural amafósholo class 6)

1. shovel

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ifosholo	amafosholo
Locative	efosholweni	emafosholweni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ifosholo		amafosholo
Simple form	lifosholo		mafosholo
Locative	efosholweni		emafosholweni
Copulative	yifosholo		ngamafosholo
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wefosholo	owefosholo	wamafosholo	owamafosholo
Class 2	befosholo	abefosholo	bamafosholo	abamafosholo
Class 3	wefosholo	owefosholo	wamafosholo	owamafosholo
Class 4	yefosholo	eyefosholo	yamafosholo	eyamafosholo
Class 5	lefosholo	elefosholo	lamafosholo	elamafosholo
Class 6	efosholo	awefosholo	amafosholo	awamafosholo
Class 7	sefosholo	esefosholo	samafosholo	esamafosholo
Class 8	zefosholo	ezefosholo	zamafosholo	ezamafosholo
Class 9	yefosholo	eyefosholo	yamafosholo	eyamafosholo
Class 10	zefosholo	ezefosholo	zamafosholo	ezamafosholo
Class 11	lwefosholo	olwefosholo	lwamafosholo	olwamafosholo
Class 14	befosholo	obefosholo	bamafosholo	obamafosholo
Class 15	kwefosholo	okwefosholo	kwamafosholo	okwamafosholo
Class 17	kwefosholo	okwefosholo	kwamafosholo	okwamafosholo

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-fosholo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-fosholo (6.6.3.9.9)”