ubumhlophe

Zulu

Etymology

From ubu- +‎ -mhlophe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úɓum̩ɬôːpʰe/

Noun

úbumhlôphe class 14

1. whiteness
2. purity, innocence

Inflection

Class 14 (locative ebumhlopheni)

	singular		plural
full form	ubumhlophe		—
simple form	bumhlophe		—
locative	ebumhlopheni		—
copulative	ngubumhlophe		—
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	wobumhlophe	owobumhlophe	—	—
class 2	bobumhlophe	abobumhlophe	—	—
class 3	wobumhlophe	owobumhlophe	—	—
class 4	yobumhlophe	eyobumhlophe	—	—
class 5	lobumhlophe	elobumhlophe	—	—
class 6	obumhlophe	awobumhlophe	—	—
class 7	sobumhlophe	esobumhlophe	—	—
class 8	zobumhlophe	ezobumhlophe	—	—
class 9	yobumhlophe	eyobumhlophe	—	—
class 10	zobumhlophe	ezobumhlophe	—	—
class 11	lobumhlophe	olobumhlophe	—	—
class 14	bobumhlophe	obobumhlophe	—	—
class 15	kobumhlophe	okobumhlophe	—	—
class 17	kobumhlophe	okobumhlophe	—	—

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-mhlophe”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-mhlophe (2.3-6.6.3-8.9)”