uMgungundlovu
Zulu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From umu- + -gunga (“surround”) + uNdlovu (“the king, the elephant”). Literally "(the place that) surrounds the king."
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]uMgungúndlovu class 3
- Pietermaritzburg (a city, the capital of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
Inflection
[edit]| Class 3, short locative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | uMgungundlovu | — | ||
| Locative | eMgungundlovu | — | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | uMgungundlovu | — | ||
| Simple form | Mgungundlovu | — | ||
| Locative | eMgungundlovu | — | ||
| Copulative | nguMgungundlovu | — | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | woMgungundlovu | owoMgungundlovu | — | — |
| Class 2 | boMgungundlovu | aboMgungundlovu | — | — |
| Class 3 | woMgungundlovu | owoMgungundlovu | — | — |
| Class 4 | yoMgungundlovu | eyoMgungundlovu | — | — |
| Class 5 | loMgungundlovu | eloMgungundlovu | — | — |
| Class 6 | oMgungundlovu | awoMgungundlovu | — | — |
| Class 7 | soMgungundlovu | esoMgungundlovu | — | — |
| Class 8 | zoMgungundlovu | ezoMgungundlovu | — | — |
| Class 9 | yoMgungundlovu | eyoMgungundlovu | — | — |
| Class 10 | zoMgungundlovu | ezoMgungundlovu | — | — |
| Class 11 | loMgungundlovu | oloMgungundlovu | — | — |
| Class 14 | boMgungundlovu | oboMgungundlovu | — | — |
| Class 15 | koMgungundlovu | okoMgungundlovu | — | — |
| Class 17 | koMgungundlovu | okoMgungundlovu | — | — |
References
[edit]- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-Gungundlovu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-Gungundlovu (6.6.6.3.9.9)”
- Koopman, Adrian (2002) Andrea Nattrass, editor, Zulu Names, Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press