umphakathi

Zulu

Etymology

From umu- +‎ phakathi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /úm̩pʰáɠaːtʰí/

Noun

úmphákathí class 3 (plural ímiphákathí class 4)

1. community
2. public society

Inflection

Class 3/4
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umphakathi	imiphakathi
Locative	emphakathini	emiphakathini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	umphakathi		imiphakathi
Simple form	mphakathi		miphakathi
Locative	emphakathini		emiphakathini
Copulative	ngumphakathi		yimiphakathi
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	womphakathi	owomphakathi	wemiphakathi	owemiphakathi
Class 2	bomphakathi	abomphakathi	bemiphakathi	abemiphakathi
Class 3	womphakathi	owomphakathi	wemiphakathi	owemiphakathi
Class 4	yomphakathi	eyomphakathi	yemiphakathi	eyemiphakathi
Class 5	lomphakathi	elomphakathi	lemiphakathi	elemiphakathi
Class 6	omphakathi	awomphakathi	emiphakathi	awemiphakathi
Class 7	somphakathi	esomphakathi	semiphakathi	esemiphakathi
Class 8	zomphakathi	ezomphakathi	zemiphakathi	ezemiphakathi
Class 9	yomphakathi	eyomphakathi	yemiphakathi	eyemiphakathi
Class 10	zomphakathi	ezomphakathi	zemiphakathi	ezemiphakathi
Class 11	lomphakathi	olomphakathi	lwemiphakathi	olwemiphakathi
Class 14	bomphakathi	obomphakathi	bemiphakathi	obemiphakathi
Class 15	komphakathi	okomphakathi	kwemiphakathi	okwemiphakathi
Class 17	komphakathi	okomphakathi	kwemiphakathi	okwemiphakathi

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-phakathi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-phakathi (2.4.3.3-5.4)”