umhlathi

Southern Ndebele

Noun

úḿhlâthi class 3 (plural ímíhlâthi class 4)

1. cheek

Inflection

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Xhosa

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [úḿ̩ɬâːtʰi]

Noun

úḿhlâthi class 3 (plural ímíhlâthi class 4)

1. jaw

Inflection

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Zulu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úm̩ɬâːtʰi/

Noun

úmhlâthi class 3 (plural ímihlâthi class 4)

1. jaw

Inflection

Class 3/4 (locative emhlathini)

	singular		plural
full form	umhlathi		imihlathi
simple form	mhlathi		mihlathi
locative	emhlathini		emihlathini
copulative	ngumhlathi		yimihlathi
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	womhlathi	owomhlathi	wemihlathi	owemihlathi
class 2	bomhlathi	abomhlathi	bemihlathi	abemihlathi
class 3	womhlathi	owomhlathi	wemihlathi	owemihlathi
class 4	yomhlathi	eyomhlathi	yemihlathi	eyemihlathi
class 5	lomhlathi	elomhlathi	lemihlathi	elemihlathi
class 6	omhlathi	awomhlathi	emihlathi	awemihlathi
class 7	somhlathi	esomhlathi	semihlathi	esemihlathi
class 8	zomhlathi	ezomhlathi	zemihlathi	ezemihlathi
class 9	yomhlathi	eyomhlathi	yemihlathi	eyemihlathi
class 10	zomhlathi	ezomhlathi	zemihlathi	ezemihlathi
class 11	lomhlathi	olomhlathi	lwemihlathi	olwemihlathi
class 14	bomhlathi	obomhlathi	bemihlathi	obemihlathi
class 15	komhlathi	okomhlathi	kwemihlathi	okwemihlathi
class 17	komhlathi	okomhlathi	kwemihlathi	okwemihlathi

References

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