ulimi

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀dɪ́mì.

Noun

úlîmi class 11 (plural ízíndîmi class 10)

1. tongue (organ)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀dɪ́mì.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

ulimi class XI (plural ndimi class X)

1. tongue (organ)

See also

• lugha

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀dɪ́mì.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ûːlîːmi/

Noun

ûlîmi class 11 (plural ízilîmi class 10 or ízindîmi class 10)

1. tongue
2. language

Inflection

Class 11/10 (locative olimini)

	singular		plural
full form	ulimi		izilimi
simple form	lulimi		zilimi
locative	olimini		ezilimini
copulative	wulimi		yizilimi
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	wolimi	owolimi	wezilimi	owezilimi
class 2	bolimi	abolimi	bezilimi	abezilimi
class 3	wolimi	owolimi	wezilimi	owezilimi
class 4	yolimi	eyolimi	yezilimi	eyezilimi
class 5	lolimi	elolimi	lezilimi	elezilimi
class 6	olimi	awolimi	ezilimi	awezilimi
class 7	solimi	esolimi	sezilimi	esezilimi
class 8	zolimi	ezolimi	zezilimi	ezezilimi
class 9	yolimi	eyolimi	yezilimi	eyezilimi
class 10	zolimi	ezolimi	zezilimi	ezezilimi
class 11	lolimi	ololimi	lwezilimi	olwezilimi
class 14	bolimi	obolimi	bezilimi	obezilimi
class 15	kolimi	okolimi	kwezilimi	okwezilimi
class 17	kolimi	okolimi	kwezilimi	okwezilimi

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-limi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-limi (2.4.3-8.9)”