uLwesibili

Zulu

Etymology

From u- +‎ lwa- +‎ isibili, literally "the second one", referring to usuku "day".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úlwesíɓiːlí/

Noun

úLwesíbilí class 1a

1. Tuesday

Inflection

Class 1a
	Singular	Plural
Full form	uLwesibili	—
Locative	kuLwesibili	—
	Singular		Plural
Full form	uLwesibili		—
Simple form	Lwesibili		—
Locative	kuLwesibili		—
Copulative	nguLwesibili		—
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	kaLwesibili	okaLwesibili	—	—
Class 2	bakaLwesibili	abakaLwesibili	—	—
Class 3	kaLwesibili	okaLwesibili	—	—
Class 4	kaLwesibili	ekaLwesibili	—	—
Class 5	likaLwesibili	elikaLwesibili	—	—
Class 6	kaLwesibili	akaLwesibili	—	—
Class 7	sikaLwesibili	esikaLwesibili	—	—
Class 8	zikaLwesibili	ezikaLwesibili	—	—
Class 9	kaLwesibili	ekaLwesibili	—	—
Class 10	zikaLwesibili	ezikaLwesibili	—	—
Class 11	lukaLwesibili	olukaLwesibili	—	—
Class 14	bukaLwesibili	obukaLwesibili	—	—
Class 15	kukaLwesibili	okukaLwesibili	—	—
Class 17	kukaLwesibili	okukaLwesibili	—	—

See also

• (days of the week) usuku lwesonto; uMsombuluko, uLwesibili, uLwesithathu, uLwesine, uLwesihlanu, uMgqibelo, iSonto ^{(Category: zu:Days of the week)}

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-lwesiɓili”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-lwesiɓili (2.6.3.3-5.4)”