ikalikuni

Zulu

Alternative forms

• ikalikhuni

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans kalkoen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /íːkalikúːni/

Noun

ī́kalikúni class 5 (plural amákalikúni class 6)

1. turkey

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ikalikuni	amakalikuni
Locative	ekalikunini	emakalikunini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ikalikuni		amakalikuni
Simple form	likalikuni		makalikuni
Locative	ekalikunini		emakalikunini
Copulative	yikalikuni		ngamakalikuni
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wekalikuni	owekalikuni	wamakalikuni	owamakalikuni
Class 2	bekalikuni	abekalikuni	bamakalikuni	abamakalikuni
Class 3	wekalikuni	owekalikuni	wamakalikuni	owamakalikuni
Class 4	yekalikuni	eyekalikuni	yamakalikuni	eyamakalikuni
Class 5	lekalikuni	elekalikuni	lamakalikuni	elamakalikuni
Class 6	ekalikuni	awekalikuni	amakalikuni	awamakalikuni
Class 7	sekalikuni	esekalikuni	samakalikuni	esamakalikuni
Class 8	zekalikuni	ezekalikuni	zamakalikuni	ezamakalikuni
Class 9	yekalikuni	eyekalikuni	yamakalikuni	eyamakalikuni
Class 10	zekalikuni	ezekalikuni	zamakalikuni	ezamakalikuni
Class 11	lwekalikuni	olwekalikuni	lwamakalikuni	olwamakalikuni
Class 14	bekalikuni	obekalikuni	bamakalikuni	obamakalikuni
Class 15	kwekalikuni	okwekalikuni	kwamakalikuni	okwamakalikuni
Class 17	kwekalikuni	okwekalikuni	kwamakalikuni	okwamakalikuni

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-kalikuni”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-kalikuni (3.2.6.6.3.9)”