umkhaya

Swazi

Etymology

From umu- +‎ likhaya.

Noun

úḿkhâya class 3

1. person from home
2. family members

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From umu- +‎ ikhaya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úm̩kʰâːja/

Noun

úmkhâya class 3

1. family members

Inflection

Class 3
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umkhaya	—
Locative	emkhayeni	—
	Singular		Plural
Full form	umkhaya		—
Simple form	mkhaya		—
Locative	emkhayeni		—
Copulative	ngumkhaya		—
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	womkhaya	owomkhaya	—	—
Class 2	bomkhaya	abomkhaya	—	—
Class 3	womkhaya	owomkhaya	—	—
Class 4	yomkhaya	eyomkhaya	—	—
Class 5	lomkhaya	elomkhaya	—	—
Class 6	omkhaya	awomkhaya	—	—
Class 7	somkhaya	esomkhaya	—	—
Class 8	zomkhaya	ezomkhaya	—	—
Class 9	yomkhaya	eyomkhaya	—	—
Class 10	zomkhaya	ezomkhaya	—	—
Class 11	lomkhaya	olomkhaya	—	—
Class 14	bomkhaya	obomkhaya	—	—
Class 15	komkhaya	okomkhaya	—	—
Class 17	komkhaya	okomkhaya	—	—

References

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