umnyango

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Common Bantu *mʊ̀dɪ̀àngò.

Noun

úḿnyango class 3 (plural ímínyango class 4)

1. door

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Common Bantu *mʊ̀dɪ̀àngò.

Noun

úḿnyango class 3 (plural ímínyango class 4)

1. door

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Swazi

Etymology

From Common Bantu *mʊ̀dɪ̀àngò.

Noun

úḿnyango class 3 (plural ímínyango class 4)

1. doorway

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Common Bantu *mʊ̀dɪ̀àngò.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [úḿ̩ɲaːᵑɡ̊o̤]

Noun

úḿnyango class 3 (plural ímínyango class 4)

1. door

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Common Bantu *mʊ̀dɪ̀àngò.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uḿ̩ɲaːnɡo/

Noun

uḿnyango class 3 (plural imínyango class 4)

1. door, doorway
2. entrance, entry
3. government department, ministry

Inflection

Class 3/4, short locative
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umnyango	iminyango
Locative	emnyango	eminyango
	Singular		Plural
Full form	umnyango		iminyango
Simple form	mnyango		minyango
Locative	emnyango		eminyango
Copulative	ngumnyango		yiminyango
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	womnyango	owomnyango	weminyango	oweminyango
Class 2	bomnyango	abomnyango	beminyango	abeminyango
Class 3	womnyango	owomnyango	weminyango	oweminyango
Class 4	yomnyango	eyomnyango	yeminyango	eyeminyango
Class 5	lomnyango	elomnyango	leminyango	eleminyango
Class 6	omnyango	awomnyango	eminyango	aweminyango
Class 7	somnyango	esomnyango	seminyango	eseminyango
Class 8	zomnyango	ezomnyango	zeminyango	ezeminyango
Class 9	yomnyango	eyomnyango	yeminyango	eyeminyango
Class 10	zomnyango	ezomnyango	zeminyango	ezeminyango
Class 11	lomnyango	olomnyango	lweminyango	olweminyango
Class 14	bomnyango	obomnyango	beminyango	obeminyango
Class 15	komnyango	okomnyango	kweminyango	okweminyango
Class 17	komnyango	okomnyango	kweminyango	okweminyango

References

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