ivukuzi

Zulu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /íːvuɠuːzí/

Noun

ī́vukuzí class 5 (plural amávukuzí class 6)

1. mole (animal)

Inflection

Class 5/6 (locative evukuzini)

	singular		plural
full form	ivukuzi		amavukuzi
simple form	livukuzi		mavukuzi
locative	evukuzini		emavukuzini
copulative	yivukuzi		ngamavukuzi
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	wevukuzi	owevukuzi	wamavukuzi	owamavukuzi
class 2	bevukuzi	abevukuzi	bamavukuzi	abamavukuzi
class 3	wevukuzi	owevukuzi	wamavukuzi	owamavukuzi
class 4	yevukuzi	eyevukuzi	yamavukuzi	eyamavukuzi
class 5	levukuzi	elevukuzi	lamavukuzi	elamavukuzi
class 6	evukuzi	awevukuzi	amavukuzi	awamavukuzi
class 7	sevukuzi	esevukuzi	samavukuzi	esamavukuzi
class 8	zevukuzi	ezevukuzi	zamavukuzi	ezamavukuzi
class 9	yevukuzi	eyevukuzi	yamavukuzi	eyamavukuzi
class 10	zevukuzi	ezevukuzi	zamavukuzi	ezamavukuzi
class 11	lwevukuzi	olwevukuzi	lwamavukuzi	olwamavukuzi
class 14	bevukuzi	obevukuzi	bamavukuzi	obamavukuzi
class 15	kwevukuzi	okwevukuzi	kwamavukuzi	okwamavukuzi
class 17	kwevukuzi	okwevukuzi	kwamavukuzi	okwamavukuzi

Alternative forms

• imvukusi
• ivukusi

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-vukuzi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-vukuzi (3.2.6.6.6-3)”