umukhwe

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kóì.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úmuːkʰwé/

Noun

úmukhwé class 1 (plural ábakhwé class 2)

1. one's wife's father, father-in-law of a male

Inflection

Class 1/2 (locative kumukhwe)

	singular		plural
full form	umukhwe		abakhwe
simple form	mukhwe		bakhwe
locative	kumukhwe		kubakhwe
copulative	ngumukhwe		ngabakhwe
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	womukhwe	owomukhwe	wabakhwe	owabakhwe
class 2	bomukhwe	abomukhwe	babakhwe	ababakhwe
class 3	womukhwe	owomukhwe	wabakhwe	owabakhwe
class 4	yomukhwe	eyomukhwe	yabakhwe	eyabakhwe
class 5	lomukhwe	elomukhwe	labakhwe	elabakhwe
class 6	omukhwe	awomukhwe	abakhwe	awabakhwe
class 7	somukhwe	esomukhwe	sabakhwe	esabakhwe
class 8	zomukhwe	ezomukhwe	zabakhwe	ezabakhwe
class 9	yomukhwe	eyomukhwe	yabakhwe	eyabakhwe
class 10	zomukhwe	ezomukhwe	zabakhwe	ezabakhwe
class 11	lomukhwe	olomukhwe	lwabakhwe	olwabakhwe
class 14	bomukhwe	obomukhwe	babakhwe	obabakhwe
class 15	komukhwe	okomukhwe	kwabakhwe	okwabakhwe
class 17	komukhwe	okomukhwe	kwabakhwe	okwabakhwe

Derived terms

• umkhwekazi
• umkhwenyana

References

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