ilembe

Southern Ndebele

Noun

ílembé class 5 (plural ámálembé class 6)

1. hoe

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

Sense of hoe is perhaps from Proto-Bantu *ìgèmbè.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /íːleːmbé/

Noun

ī́lembé class 5 (plural amálembé class 6)

1. hero

   Synonym: iqhawe

2. (obsolete) hoe

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ilembe	amalembe
Locative	elembeni	emalembeni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ilembe		amalembe
Simple form	lilembe		malembe
Locative	elembeni		emalembeni
Copulative	yilembe		ngamalembe
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	welembe	owelembe	wamalembe	owamalembe
Class 2	belembe	abelembe	bamalembe	abamalembe
Class 3	welembe	owelembe	wamalembe	owamalembe
Class 4	yelembe	eyelembe	yamalembe	eyamalembe
Class 5	lelembe	elelembe	lamalembe	elamalembe
Class 6	elembe	awelembe	amalembe	awamalembe
Class 7	selembe	eselembe	samalembe	esamalembe
Class 8	zelembe	ezelembe	zamalembe	ezamalembe
Class 9	yelembe	eyelembe	yamalembe	eyamalembe
Class 10	zelembe	ezelembe	zamalembe	ezamalembe
Class 11	lwelembe	olwelembe	lwamalembe	olwamalembe
Class 14	belembe	obelembe	bamalembe	obamalembe
Class 15	kwelembe	okwelembe	kwamalembe	okwamalembe
Class 17	kwelembe	okwelembe	kwamalembe	okwamalembe

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-lembe”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-lembe (3.2.6.3)”