umumo

Zulu

Etymology

From umu- +‎ -ma +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úmuːmó/

Noun

úmumó class 3 (plural ímimó class 4)

1. feature, characteristic
2. condition, state

Inflection

Class 3/4 (locative emunyeni)

	singular		plural
full form	umumo		imimo
simple form	mumo		mimo
locative	emunyeni		eminyeni
copulative	ngumumo		yimimo
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	womumo	owomumo	wemimo	owemimo
class 2	bomumo	abomumo	bemimo	abemimo
class 3	womumo	owomumo	wemimo	owemimo
class 4	yomumo	eyomumo	yemimo	eyemimo
class 5	lomumo	elomumo	lemimo	elemimo
class 6	omumo	awomumo	emimo	awemimo
class 7	somumo	esomumo	semimo	esemimo
class 8	zomumo	ezomumo	zemimo	ezemimo
class 9	yomumo	eyomumo	yemimo	eyemimo
class 10	zomumo	ezomumo	zemimo	ezemimo
class 11	lomumo	olomumo	lwemimo	olwemimo
class 14	bomumo	obomumo	bemimo	obemimo
class 15	komumo	okomumo	kwemimo	okwemimo
class 17	komumo	okomumo	kwemimo	okwemimo

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-mo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-mo (3.3-5.4)”