umkhono

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kónò.

Noun

úḿkhôno class 3 (plural ímíkhôno class 4)

1. arm

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kónò.

Noun

úḿkhôno class 3 (plural ímíkhôno class 4)

1. arm

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kónò.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úm̩kʰôːno/

Noun

úmkhôno class 3 (plural ímikhôno class 4)

1. forearm
2. foreleg (of an animal)

Inflection

Class 3/4
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umkhono	imikhono
Locative	emkhonweni	emikhonweni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	umkhono		imikhono
Simple form	mkhono		mikhono
Locative	emkhonweni		emikhonweni
Copulative	ngumkhono		yimikhono
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	womkhono	owomkhono	wemikhono	owemikhono
Class 2	bomkhono	abomkhono	bemikhono	abemikhono
Class 3	womkhono	owomkhono	wemikhono	owemikhono
Class 4	yomkhono	eyomkhono	yemikhono	eyemikhono
Class 5	lomkhono	elomkhono	lemikhono	elemikhono
Class 6	omkhono	awomkhono	emikhono	awemikhono
Class 7	somkhono	esomkhono	semikhono	esemikhono
Class 8	zomkhono	ezomkhono	zemikhono	ezemikhono
Class 9	yomkhono	eyomkhono	yemikhono	eyemikhono
Class 10	zomkhono	ezomkhono	zemikhono	ezemikhono
Class 11	lomkhono	olomkhono	lwemikhono	olwemikhono
Class 14	bomkhono	obomkhono	bemikhono	obemikhono
Class 15	komkhono	okomkhono	kwemikhono	okwemikhono
Class 17	komkhono	okomkhono	kwemikhono	okwemikhono

References

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