umukhwa

Southern Ndebele

Noun

úmukhwá class 3 (plural ímikhwá class 4)

1. knife

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Swazi

Noun

úmukhwá class 3 (plural ímikhwá class 4)

1. knife

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úmuːkʰwá/

Noun

úmukhwá class 3 (plural ímikhwá class 4)

1. native knife

Inflection

Class 3/4
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umukhwa	imikhwa
Locative	emukhweni	emikhweni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	umukhwa		imikhwa
Simple form	mukhwa		mikhwa
Locative	emukhweni		emikhweni
Copulative	ngumukhwa		yimikhwa
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	womukhwa	owomukhwa	wemikhwa	owemikhwa
Class 2	bomukhwa	abomukhwa	bemikhwa	abemikhwa
Class 3	womukhwa	owomukhwa	wemikhwa	owemikhwa
Class 4	yomukhwa	eyomukhwa	yemikhwa	eyemikhwa
Class 5	lomukhwa	elomukhwa	lemikhwa	elemikhwa
Class 6	omukhwa	awomukhwa	emikhwa	awemikhwa
Class 7	somukhwa	esomukhwa	semikhwa	esemikhwa
Class 8	zomukhwa	ezomukhwa	zemikhwa	ezemikhwa
Class 9	yomukhwa	eyomukhwa	yemikhwa	eyemikhwa
Class 10	zomukhwa	ezomukhwa	zemikhwa	ezemikhwa
Class 11	lomukhwa	olomukhwa	lwemikhwa	olwemikhwa
Class 14	bomukhwa	obomukhwa	bemikhwa	obemikhwa
Class 15	komukhwa	okomukhwa	kwemikhwa	okwemikhwa
Class 17	komukhwa	okomukhwa	kwemikhwa	okwemikhwa

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-khwa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khwa (2.3-6.3)”