uNhlolanja

Zulu

Etymology

From u- (class 1a) +‎ n- (class 9) +‎ -hlola (“inspect, examine”) +‎ inja (“dog”). May refer to the time of the year when dogs copulate, and their owners inspect which dogs they have copulated with.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /únɬólaːɲdʒá/

Noun

úNhlólanjá class 1a (plural ôNhlólanjá class 2a)

1. February

   Synonym: uFebruwari

2. the seventh month of the Zulu lunar calendar, beginning with the new moon in January

Inflection

Class 1a/2a
	Singular	Plural
Full form	uNhlolanja	oNhlolanja
Locative	kuNhlolanja	koNhlolanja
	Singular		Plural
Full form	uNhlolanja		oNhlolanja
Simple form	Nhlolanja		boNhlolanja
Locative	kuNhlolanja		koNhlolanja
Copulative	nguNhlolanja		ngoNhlolanja
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	kaNhlolanja	okaNhlolanja	woNhlolanja	owoNhlolanja
Class 2	bakaNhlolanja	abakaNhlolanja	boNhlolanja	aboNhlolanja
Class 3	kaNhlolanja	okaNhlolanja	woNhlolanja	owoNhlolanja
Class 4	kaNhlolanja	ekaNhlolanja	yoNhlolanja	eyoNhlolanja
Class 5	likaNhlolanja	elikaNhlolanja	loNhlolanja	eloNhlolanja
Class 6	kaNhlolanja	akaNhlolanja	oNhlolanja	awoNhlolanja
Class 7	sikaNhlolanja	esikaNhlolanja	soNhlolanja	esoNhlolanja
Class 8	zikaNhlolanja	ezikaNhlolanja	zoNhlolanja	ezoNhlolanja
Class 9	kaNhlolanja	ekaNhlolanja	yoNhlolanja	eyoNhlolanja
Class 10	zikaNhlolanja	ezikaNhlolanja	zoNhlolanja	ezoNhlolanja
Class 11	lukaNhlolanja	olukaNhlolanja	loNhlolanja	oloNhlolanja
Class 14	bukaNhlolanja	obukaNhlolanja	boNhlolanja	oboNhlolanja
Class 15	kukaNhlolanja	okukaNhlolanja	koNhlolanja	okoNhlolanja
Class 17	kukaNhlolanja	okukaNhlolanja	koNhlolanja	okoNhlolanja

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-nhlolanja”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-nhlolanja (2.4.6.8-3)”
• Koopman, Adrian (2002) Andrea Nattrass, editor, Zulu Names, Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press