umphambili

Xhosa

Etymology

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Noun

umphambili^? class 3 (plural imiphambili class 4)

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Inflection

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Zulu

Etymology

From umu- +‎ phambili.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /úm̩pʰámbiːli/

Noun

úmphámbili class 3 (plural ímiphámbili class 4)

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Inflection

Class 3/4
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umphambili	imiphambili
Locative	emphambilini	emiphambilini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	umphambili		imiphambili
Simple form	mphambili		miphambili
Locative	emphambilini		emiphambilini
Copulative	ngumphambili		yimiphambili
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	womphambili	owomphambili	wemiphambili	owemiphambili
Class 2	bomphambili	abomphambili	bemiphambili	abemiphambili
Class 3	womphambili	owomphambili	wemiphambili	owemiphambili
Class 4	yomphambili	eyomphambili	yemiphambili	eyemiphambili
Class 5	lomphambili	elomphambili	lemiphambili	elemiphambili
Class 6	omphambili	awomphambili	emiphambili	awemiphambili
Class 7	somphambili	esomphambili	semiphambili	esemiphambili
Class 8	zomphambili	ezomphambili	zemiphambili	ezemiphambili
Class 9	yomphambili	eyomphambili	yemiphambili	eyemiphambili
Class 10	zomphambili	ezomphambili	zemiphambili	ezemiphambili
Class 11	lomphambili	olomphambili	lwemiphambili	olwemiphambili
Class 14	bomphambili	obomphambili	bemiphambili	obemiphambili
Class 15	komphambili	okomphambili	kwemiphambili	okwemiphambili
Class 17	komphambili	okomphambili	kwemiphambili	okwemiphambili

References

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