igilebhisi

Zulu

Etymology

Borrowed from English grapes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /îːɡilébiːsi/

Noun

îgilébhisi class 5 (plural ámagilébhisi class 6)

1. grape

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	igilebhisi	amagilebhisi
Locative	egilebhisini	emagilebhisini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	igilebhisi		amagilebhisi
Simple form	ligilebhisi		magilebhisi
Locative	egilebhisini		emagilebhisini
Copulative	yigilebhisi		ngamagilebhisi
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wegilebhisi	owegilebhisi	wamagilebhisi	owamagilebhisi
Class 2	begilebhisi	abegilebhisi	bamagilebhisi	abamagilebhisi
Class 3	wegilebhisi	owegilebhisi	wamagilebhisi	owamagilebhisi
Class 4	yegilebhisi	eyegilebhisi	yamagilebhisi	eyamagilebhisi
Class 5	legilebhisi	elegilebhisi	lamagilebhisi	elamagilebhisi
Class 6	egilebhisi	awegilebhisi	amagilebhisi	awamagilebhisi
Class 7	segilebhisi	esegilebhisi	samagilebhisi	esamagilebhisi
Class 8	zegilebhisi	ezegilebhisi	zamagilebhisi	ezamagilebhisi
Class 9	yegilebhisi	eyegilebhisi	yamagilebhisi	eyamagilebhisi
Class 10	zegilebhisi	ezegilebhisi	zamagilebhisi	ezamagilebhisi
Class 11	lwegilebhisi	olwegilebhisi	lwamagilebhisi	olwamagilebhisi
Class 14	begilebhisi	obegilebhisi	bamagilebhisi	obamagilebhisi
Class 15	kwegilebhisi	okwegilebhisi	kwamagilebhisi	okwamagilebhisi
Class 17	kwegilebhisi	okwegilebhisi	kwamagilebhisi	okwamagilebhisi

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-gilebisi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-gilebisi (2.4.6.3.9.9)”