uKhisimusi

Zulu

Etymology

Borrowed from English Christmas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ukʰisímuːsi/

Noun

uKhisímusi class 1a (plural oKhisimusi class 2a)

1. Christmas

Inflection

Class 1a/2a
	Singular	Plural
Full form	uKhisimusi	oKhisimusi
Locative	kuKhisimusi	koKhisimusi
	Singular		Plural
Full form	uKhisimusi		oKhisimusi
Simple form	Khisimusi		boKhisimusi
Locative	kuKhisimusi		koKhisimusi
Copulative	nguKhisimusi		ngoKhisimusi
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	kaKhisimusi	okaKhisimusi	woKhisimusi	owoKhisimusi
Class 2	bakaKhisimusi	abakaKhisimusi	boKhisimusi	aboKhisimusi
Class 3	kaKhisimusi	okaKhisimusi	woKhisimusi	owoKhisimusi
Class 4	kaKhisimusi	ekaKhisimusi	yoKhisimusi	eyoKhisimusi
Class 5	likaKhisimusi	elikaKhisimusi	loKhisimusi	eloKhisimusi
Class 6	kaKhisimusi	akaKhisimusi	oKhisimusi	awoKhisimusi
Class 7	sikaKhisimusi	esikaKhisimusi	soKhisimusi	esoKhisimusi
Class 8	zikaKhisimusi	ezikaKhisimusi	zoKhisimusi	ezoKhisimusi
Class 9	kaKhisimusi	ekaKhisimusi	yoKhisimusi	eyoKhisimusi
Class 10	zikaKhisimusi	ezikaKhisimusi	zoKhisimusi	ezoKhisimusi
Class 11	lukaKhisimusi	olukaKhisimusi	loKhisimusi	oloKhisimusi
Class 14	bukaKhisimusi	obukaKhisimusi	boKhisimusi	oboKhisimusi
Class 15	kukaKhisimusi	okukaKhisimusi	koKhisimusi	okoKhisimusi
Class 17	kukaKhisimusi	okukaKhisimusi	koKhisimusi	okoKhisimusi

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-khisimusi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khisimusi (6.6.3.9.9)”