isilisa

Zulu

Etymology

From isi- +‎ umlisa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ísilíːsa/

Noun

ísilísa class 7

1. male people, menfolk
2. (with a possessive concord) male

Inflection

Class 7 (locative esiliseni)

	singular		plural
full form	isilisa		—
simple form	silisa		—
locative	esiliseni		—
copulative	yisilisa		—
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	wesilisa	owesilisa	—	—
class 2	besilisa	abesilisa	—	—
class 3	wesilisa	owesilisa	—	—
class 4	yesilisa	eyesilisa	—	—
class 5	lesilisa	elesilisa	—	—
class 6	esilisa	awesilisa	—	—
class 7	sesilisa	esesilisa	—	—
class 8	zesilisa	ezesilisa	—	—
class 9	yesilisa	eyesilisa	—	—
class 10	zesilisa	ezesilisa	—	—
class 11	lwesilisa	olwesilisa	—	—
class 14	besilisa	obesilisa	—	—
class 15	kwesilisa	okwesilisa	—	—
class 17	kwesilisa	okwesilisa	—	—

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-lisa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-lisa (2.4.3.9)”