ubunxele

Xhosa

Etymology

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Noun

ubunxele^? class 14

1. left-handedness

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From ubu- +‎ inxele.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úɓuᵑǁêːle/

Noun

úbunxêle class 14

1. left-hand side, left-handed direction
2. left-handedness

Inflection

Class 14
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ubunxele	—
Locative	ebunxeleni	—
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ubunxele		—
Simple form	bunxele		—
Locative	ebunxeleni		—
Copulative	ngubunxele		—
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wobunxele	owobunxele	—	—
Class 2	bobunxele	abobunxele	—	—
Class 3	wobunxele	owobunxele	—	—
Class 4	yobunxele	eyobunxele	—	—
Class 5	lobunxele	elobunxele	—	—
Class 6	obunxele	awobunxele	—	—
Class 7	sobunxele	esobunxele	—	—
Class 8	zobunxele	ezobunxele	—	—
Class 9	yobunxele	eyobunxele	—	—
Class 10	zobunxele	ezobunxele	—	—
Class 11	lobunxele	olobunxele	—	—
Class 14	bobunxele	obobunxele	—	—
Class 15	kobunxele	okobunxele	—	—
Class 17	kobunxele	okobunxele	—	—

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-nxele”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-nxele (2.6.3-8.9)”