isifazane

Zulu

Etymology

From isi- +‎ umfazi +‎ -ane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ísifazáːne/

Noun

ísifazáne class 7

1. female people, womenfolk
2. (with a possessive concord) female

Inflection

Class 7 (locative esifazaneni)

	singular		plural
full form	isifazane		—
simple form	sifazane		—
locative	esifazaneni		—
copulative	yisifazane		—
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	wesifazane	owesifazane	—	—
class 2	besifazane	abesifazane	—	—
class 3	wesifazane	owesifazane	—	—
class 4	yesifazane	eyesifazane	—	—
class 5	lesifazane	elesifazane	—	—
class 6	esifazane	awesifazane	—	—
class 7	sesifazane	esesifazane	—	—
class 8	zesifazane	ezesifazane	—	—
class 9	yesifazane	eyesifazane	—	—
class 10	zesifazane	ezesifazane	—	—
class 11	lwesifazane	olwesifazane	—	—
class 14	besifazane	obesifazane	—	—
class 15	kwesifazane	okwesifazane	—	—
class 17	kwesifazane	okwesifazane	—	—

Alternative forms

• isifazana

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-fazane”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-fazane (2.4.6.3.9)”