insimu

Zulu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ínsîːmu/

Noun

ínsîmu class 9 (plural ámasîmu class 6)

1. field, cultivated land

Inflection

Class 9/6 (locative ensinyini)

	singular		plural
full form	insimu		amasimi
simple form	nsimu		masimi
locative	ensinyini		emasimini
copulative	yinsimu		ngamasimi
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	wensimu	owensimu	wamasimi	owamasimi
class 2	bensimu	abensimu	bamasimi	abamasimi
class 3	wensimu	owensimu	wamasimi	owamasimi
class 4	yensimu	eyensimu	yamasimi	eyamasimi
class 5	lensimu	elensimu	lamasimi	elamasimi
class 6	ensimu	awensimu	amasimi	awamasimi
class 7	sensimu	esensimu	samasimi	esamasimi
class 8	zensimu	ezensimu	zamasimi	ezamasimi
class 9	yensimu	eyensimu	yamasimi	eyamasimi
class 10	zensimu	ezensimu	zamasimi	ezamasimi
class 11	lwensimu	olwensimu	lwamasimi	olwamasimi
class 14	bensimu	obensimu	bamasimi	obamasimi
class 15	kwensimu	okwensimu	kwamasimi	okwamasimi
class 17	kwensimu	okwensimu	kwamasimi	okwamasimi

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-simu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-simu (2.3-8.9)”