umkhumbi

Swazi

Noun

úḿkhûmbi class 3 (plural ímíkhûmbi class 4)

1. ship

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Etymology

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Noun

umkhumbi^? class 3 (plural imikhumbi class 4)

1. witness box

Inflection

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Zulu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úm̩kʰûːmbi/

Noun

úmkhûmbi class 3 (plural ímikhûmbi class 4)

1. ship

Inflection

Class 3/4 (locative emkhumbini)

	singular		plural
full form	umkhumbi		imikhumbi
simple form	mkhumbi		mikhumbi
locative	emkhumbini		emikhumbini
copulative	ngumkhumbi		yimikhumbi
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	womkhumbi	owomkhumbi	wemikhumbi	owemikhumbi
class 2	bomkhumbi	abomkhumbi	bemikhumbi	abemikhumbi
class 3	womkhumbi	owomkhumbi	wemikhumbi	owemikhumbi
class 4	yomkhumbi	eyomkhumbi	yemikhumbi	eyemikhumbi
class 5	lomkhumbi	elomkhumbi	lemikhumbi	elemikhumbi
class 6	omkhumbi	awomkhumbi	emikhumbi	awemikhumbi
class 7	somkhumbi	esomkhumbi	semikhumbi	esemikhumbi
class 8	zomkhumbi	ezomkhumbi	zemikhumbi	ezemikhumbi
class 9	yomkhumbi	eyomkhumbi	yemikhumbi	eyemikhumbi
class 10	zomkhumbi	ezomkhumbi	zemikhumbi	ezemikhumbi
class 11	lomkhumbi	olomkhumbi	lwemikhumbi	olwemikhumbi
class 14	bomkhumbi	obomkhumbi	bemikhumbi	obemikhumbi
class 15	komkhumbi	okomkhumbi	kwemikhumbi	okwemikhumbi
class 17	komkhumbi	okomkhumbi	kwemikhumbi	okwemikhumbi

Derived terms

• umkhumbimkhathi

References

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