indlovukazi

Zulu

FWOTD – 16 May 2017

Etymology

From indlovu +‎ -kazi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inɮovuɠâːzi/

Noun

indlovukâzi class 9 (plural izindlovukâzi class 10)

1. female elephant
2. queen
3. queen mother

Inflection

Class 9/10
	Singular	Plural
Full form	indlovukazi	izindlovukazi
Locative	endlovukazini	ezindlovukazini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	indlovukazi		izindlovukazi
Simple form	ndlovukazi		zindlovukazi
Locative	endlovukazini		ezindlovukazini
Copulative	yindlovukazi		yizindlovukazi
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wendlovukazi	owendlovukazi	wezindlovukazi	owezindlovukazi
Class 2	bendlovukazi	abendlovukazi	bezindlovukazi	abezindlovukazi
Class 3	wendlovukazi	owendlovukazi	wezindlovukazi	owezindlovukazi
Class 4	yendlovukazi	eyendlovukazi	yezindlovukazi	eyezindlovukazi
Class 5	lendlovukazi	elendlovukazi	lezindlovukazi	elezindlovukazi
Class 6	endlovukazi	awendlovukazi	ezindlovukazi	awezindlovukazi
Class 7	sendlovukazi	esendlovukazi	sezindlovukazi	esezindlovukazi
Class 8	zendlovukazi	ezendlovukazi	zezindlovukazi	ezezindlovukazi
Class 9	yendlovukazi	eyendlovukazi	yezindlovukazi	eyezindlovukazi
Class 10	zendlovukazi	ezendlovukazi	zezindlovukazi	ezezindlovukazi
Class 11	lwendlovukazi	olwendlovukazi	lwezindlovukazi	olwezindlovukazi
Class 14	bendlovukazi	obendlovukazi	bezindlovukazi	obezindlovukazi
Class 15	kwendlovukazi	okwendlovukazi	kwezindlovukazi	okwezindlovukazi
Class 17	kwendlovukazi	okwendlovukazi	kwezindlovukazi	okwezindlovukazi

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-dlovukazi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-dlovukazi (6.6.6.3-8.9)”