ubudlelwane

Xhosa

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [úɓúɮ̥e̤lʷâːne]

Noun

úbúdlelwâne class 14 (plural ámádlelwâne class 6)

1. friendship

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From ubu- (“class 14”) +‎ -dl- (“eat”) +‎ -el- (“applicative”) +‎ -w- (“passive”) +‎ -ane (“reciprocal”). The literal meaning is the state of eating together with someone.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /úɓuɮelwâːne/

Noun

úbudlelwâne class 14

1. friendship, fraternity, comradeship
2. relation, relationship, state of affairs

Inflection

Class 14
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ubudlelwane	—
Locative	ebudlelwaneni	—
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ubudlelwane		—
Simple form	budlelwane		—
Locative	ebudlelwaneni		—
Copulative	ngubudlelwane		—
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wobudlelwane	owobudlelwane	—	—
Class 2	bobudlelwane	abobudlelwane	—	—
Class 3	wobudlelwane	owobudlelwane	—	—
Class 4	yobudlelwane	eyobudlelwane	—	—
Class 5	lobudlelwane	elobudlelwane	—	—
Class 6	obudlelwane	awobudlelwane	—	—
Class 7	sobudlelwane	esobudlelwane	—	—
Class 8	zobudlelwane	ezobudlelwane	—	—
Class 9	yobudlelwane	eyobudlelwane	—	—
Class 10	zobudlelwane	ezobudlelwane	—	—
Class 11	lobudlelwane	olobudlelwane	—	—
Class 14	bobudlelwane	obobudlelwane	—	—
Class 15	kobudlelwane	okobudlelwane	—	—
Class 17	kobudlelwane	okobudlelwane	—	—

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-dlelwane”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-dlelwane (2.6.6.3-8.9)”