umhlane

Zulu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uḿ̩ɬaːné/

Noun

uḿhlané class 3 (plural imíhlané class 4)

1. back (part of the body)

Inflection

Class 3/4, short locative
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umhlane	imihlane
Locative	emhlane	emihlane
	Singular		Plural
Full form	umhlane		imihlane
Simple form	mhlane		mihlane
Locative	emhlane		emihlane
Copulative	ngumhlane		yimihlane
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	womhlane	owomhlane	wemihlane	owemihlane
Class 2	bomhlane	abomhlane	bemihlane	abemihlane
Class 3	womhlane	owomhlane	wemihlane	owemihlane
Class 4	yomhlane	eyomhlane	yemihlane	eyemihlane
Class 5	lomhlane	elomhlane	lemihlane	elemihlane
Class 6	omhlane	awomhlane	emihlane	awemihlane
Class 7	somhlane	esomhlane	semihlane	esemihlane
Class 8	zomhlane	ezomhlane	zemihlane	ezemihlane
Class 9	yomhlane	eyomhlane	yemihlane	eyemihlane
Class 10	zomhlane	ezomhlane	zemihlane	ezemihlane
Class 11	lomhlane	olomhlane	lwemihlane	olwemihlane
Class 14	bomhlane	obomhlane	bemihlane	obemihlane
Class 15	komhlane	okomhlane	kwemihlane	okwemihlane
Class 17	komhlane	okomhlane	kwemihlane	okwemihlane

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-hlane”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-hlane (3.2.6.3)”