inkomo
Appearance
Northern Ndebele
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Limpopo Khoekhoe, an extinct branch of the Khoe languages. Compare Khoekhoe gomab/gomas (“head of cattle”).
Noun
[edit]ínkomó class 9 (plural ízínkômó class 10)
Inflection
[edit]This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Limpopo Khoekhoe, an extinct branch of the Khoe languages. Compare Khoekhoe gomab/gomas (“head of cattle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ínkomó class 9 (plural íinkomó class 10)
Inflection
[edit]This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Limpopo Khoekhoe, an extinct branch of the Khoe languages. Compare Khoekhoe gomab/gomas (“head of cattle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ínkomó class 9 (plural izinkômó class 10)
Inflection
[edit]Class 9/10 | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Full form | inkomo | izinkomo | ||
Locative | enkonyeni | ezinkonyeni | ||
Singular | Plural | |||
Full form | inkomo | izinkomo | ||
Simple form | nkomo | zinkomo | ||
Locative | enkonyeni | ezinkonyeni | ||
Copulative | yinkomo | yizinkomo | ||
Possessive forms | ||||
Singular | Plural | |||
Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
Class 1 | wenkomo | owenkomo | wezinkomo | owezinkomo |
Class 2 | benkomo | abenkomo | bezinkomo | abezinkomo |
Class 3 | wenkomo | owenkomo | wezinkomo | owezinkomo |
Class 4 | yenkomo | eyenkomo | yezinkomo | eyezinkomo |
Class 5 | lenkomo | elenkomo | lezinkomo | elezinkomo |
Class 6 | enkomo | awenkomo | ezinkomo | awezinkomo |
Class 7 | senkomo | esenkomo | sezinkomo | esezinkomo |
Class 8 | zenkomo | ezenkomo | zezinkomo | ezezinkomo |
Class 9 | yenkomo | eyenkomo | yezinkomo | eyezinkomo |
Class 10 | zenkomo | ezenkomo | zezinkomo | ezezinkomo |
Class 11 | lwenkomo | olwenkomo | lwezinkomo | olwezinkomo |
Class 14 | benkomo | obenkomo | bezinkomo | obezinkomo |
Class 15 | kwenkomo | okwenkomo | kwezinkomo | okwezinkomo |
Class 17 | kwenkomo | okwenkomo | kwezinkomo | okwezinkomo |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-khomo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khomo (2.3-5.4)”
- Ehret, Christopher (2008) “The early livestock-raisers of southern Africa”, in Southern African Humanities, volume 20, pages 7–35
Categories:
- Northern Ndebele terms derived from Khoe languages
- Northern Ndebele lemmas
- Northern Ndebele nouns
- Northern Ndebele class 9 nouns
- Xhosa terms derived from Khoe languages
- Xhosa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Xhosa lemmas
- Xhosa nouns
- Xhosa class 9 nouns
- xh:Bovines
- Zulu terms derived from Khoe languages
- Zulu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Zulu lemmas
- Zulu nouns
- Zulu class 9 nouns
- Zulu nouns with tone LH
- zu:Bovines