umquba

Zulu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uḿ̩ǃuːɓa/

Noun

uḿquba class 3 (plural imíquba class 4)

1. manure, fertilizer
2. good-for-nothing
3. blood relative, tribal relative

Inflection

Class 3/4
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umquba	imiquba
Locative	emqubeni	emiqubeni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	umquba		imiquba
Simple form	mquba		miquba
Locative	emqubeni		emiqubeni
Copulative	ngumquba		yimiquba
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	womquba	owomquba	wemiquba	owemiquba
Class 2	bomquba	abomquba	bemiquba	abemiquba
Class 3	womquba	owomquba	wemiquba	owemiquba
Class 4	yomquba	eyomquba	yemiquba	eyemiquba
Class 5	lomquba	elomquba	lemiquba	elemiquba
Class 6	omquba	awomquba	emiquba	awemiquba
Class 7	somquba	esomquba	semiquba	esemiquba
Class 8	zomquba	ezomquba	zemiquba	ezemiquba
Class 9	yomquba	eyomquba	yemiquba	eyemiquba
Class 10	zomquba	ezomquba	zemiquba	ezemiquba
Class 11	lomquba	olomquba	lwemiquba	olwemiquba
Class 14	bomquba	obomquba	bemiquba	obemiquba
Class 15	komquba	okomquba	kwemiquba	okwemiquba
Class 17	komquba	okomquba	kwemiquba	okwemiquba

References

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