umlimi

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From umu- +‎ -lima +‎ -i.

Noun

úḿlimi class 1 (plural ábálimi class 2)

1. farmer

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Swazi

Etymology

From umu- +‎ -lima +‎ -i.

Noun

úḿlimi class 1 (plural bálimi class 2)

1. farmer

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Etymology

From um- +‎ -lima +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [úḿ̩liːmi]

Noun

úḿlimi class 1 (plural ábálimi class 2)

1. farmer

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From umu- +‎ -lima +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uḿ̩liːmi/

Noun

uḿlimi class 1 (plural abálimi class 2)

1. farmer
2. gardener

Inflection

Class 1/2 (locative kumlimi)

	singular		plural
full form	umlimi		abalimi
simple form	mlimi		balimi
locative	kumlimi		kubalimi
copulative	ngumlimi		ngabalimi
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	womlimi	owomlimi	wabalimi	owabalimi
class 2	bomlimi	abomlimi	babalimi	ababalimi
class 3	womlimi	owomlimi	wabalimi	owabalimi
class 4	yomlimi	eyomlimi	yabalimi	eyabalimi
class 5	lomlimi	elomlimi	labalimi	elabalimi
class 6	omlimi	awomlimi	abalimi	awabalimi
class 7	somlimi	esomlimi	sabalimi	esabalimi
class 8	zomlimi	ezomlimi	zabalimi	ezabalimi
class 9	yomlimi	eyomlimi	yabalimi	eyabalimi
class 10	zomlimi	ezomlimi	zabalimi	ezabalimi
class 11	lomlimi	olomlimi	lwabalimi	olwabalimi
class 14	bomlimi	obomlimi	babalimi	obabalimi
class 15	komlimi	okomlimi	kwabalimi	okwabalimi
class 17	komlimi	okomlimi	kwabalimi	okwabalimi

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-limi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-limi (3.2.9.9)”