umkhwekazi

Zulu

Etymology

From umukhwe +‎ -kazi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úm̩kʰwéɠaːzi/

Noun

úmkhwékazi class 1 (plural ábakhwékazi class 2)

1. one's wife's mother, mother-in-law of a male

Inflection

Class 1/2
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umkhwekazi	abakhwekazi
Locative	kumkhwekazi	kubakhwekazi
	Singular		Plural
Full form	umkhwekazi		abakhwekazi
Simple form	mkhwekazi		bakhwekazi
Locative	kumkhwekazi		kubakhwekazi
Copulative	ngumkhwekazi		ngabakhwekazi
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	womkhwekazi	owomkhwekazi	wabakhwekazi	owabakhwekazi
Class 2	bomkhwekazi	abomkhwekazi	babakhwekazi	ababakhwekazi
Class 3	womkhwekazi	owomkhwekazi	wabakhwekazi	owabakhwekazi
Class 4	yomkhwekazi	eyomkhwekazi	yabakhwekazi	eyabakhwekazi
Class 5	lomkhwekazi	elomkhwekazi	labakhwekazi	elabakhwekazi
Class 6	omkhwekazi	awomkhwekazi	abakhwekazi	awabakhwekazi
Class 7	somkhwekazi	esomkhwekazi	sabakhwekazi	esabakhwekazi
Class 8	zomkhwekazi	ezomkhwekazi	zabakhwekazi	ezabakhwekazi
Class 9	yomkhwekazi	eyomkhwekazi	yabakhwekazi	eyabakhwekazi
Class 10	zomkhwekazi	ezomkhwekazi	zabakhwekazi	ezabakhwekazi
Class 11	lomkhwekazi	olomkhwekazi	lwabakhwekazi	olwabakhwekazi
Class 14	bomkhwekazi	obomkhwekazi	babakhwekazi	obabakhwekazi
Class 15	komkhwekazi	okomkhwekazi	kwabakhwekazi	okwabakhwekazi
Class 17	komkhwekazi	okomkhwekazi	kwabakhwekazi	okwabakhwekazi

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-khwekazi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khwekazi (2.6.3.9.9)”