umoba

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gʊ̀bá.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /úmoːɓá/

Noun

úmobá class 3

1. sugarcane

Inflection

Class 3
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umoba	—
Locative	emobeni	—
	Singular		Plural
Full form	umoba		—
Simple form	moba		—
Locative	emobeni		—
Copulative	ngumoba		—
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	womoba	owomoba	—	—
Class 2	bomoba	abomoba	—	—
Class 3	womoba	owomoba	—	—
Class 4	yomoba	eyomoba	—	—
Class 5	lomoba	elomoba	—	—
Class 6	omoba	awomoba	—	—
Class 7	somoba	esomoba	—	—
Class 8	zomoba	ezomoba	—	—
Class 9	yomoba	eyomoba	—	—
Class 10	zomoba	ezomoba	—	—
Class 11	lomoba	olomoba	—	—
Class 14	bomoba	obomoba	—	—
Class 15	komoba	okomoba	—	—
Class 17	komoba	okomoba	—	—

References

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