ububhibhi

Zulu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uɓúbiːbi/

Noun

ubúbhibhi class 14 (plural amábhibhi class 6)

1. meerkat

Inflection

Class 14/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ububhibhi	amabhibhi
Locative	ebubhibhini	emabhibhini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ububhibhi		amabhibhi
Simple form	bubhibhi		mabhibhi
Locative	ebubhibhini		emabhibhini
Copulative	ngububhibhi		ngamabhibhi
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wobubhibhi	owobubhibhi	wamabhibhi	owamabhibhi
Class 2	bobubhibhi	abobubhibhi	bamabhibhi	abamabhibhi
Class 3	wobubhibhi	owobubhibhi	wamabhibhi	owamabhibhi
Class 4	yobubhibhi	eyobubhibhi	yamabhibhi	eyamabhibhi
Class 5	lobubhibhi	elobubhibhi	lamabhibhi	elamabhibhi
Class 6	obubhibhi	awobubhibhi	amabhibhi	awamabhibhi
Class 7	sobubhibhi	esobubhibhi	samabhibhi	esamabhibhi
Class 8	zobubhibhi	ezobubhibhi	zamabhibhi	ezamabhibhi
Class 9	yobubhibhi	eyobubhibhi	yamabhibhi	eyamabhibhi
Class 10	zobubhibhi	ezobubhibhi	zamabhibhi	ezamabhibhi
Class 11	lobubhibhi	olobubhibhi	lwamabhibhi	olwamabhibhi
Class 14	bobubhibhi	obobubhibhi	bamabhibhi	obamabhibhi
Class 15	kobubhibhi	okobubhibhi	kwamabhibhi	okwamabhibhi
Class 17	kobubhibhi	okobubhibhi	kwamabhibhi	okwamabhibhi

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-bibi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-bibi (3.2.9.9)”