umuwa

Zulu

Etymology

From umu- +‎ -wa +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úmuːwá/

Noun

úmuwá class 3

1. fallen fruit, loose grains

Inflection

Class 3 (locative emuweni)

	singular		plural
full form	umuwa		—
simple form	muwa		—
locative	emuweni		—
copulative	ngumuwa		—
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	womuwa	owomuwa	—	—
class 2	bomuwa	abomuwa	—	—
class 3	womuwa	owomuwa	—	—
class 4	yomuwa	eyomuwa	—	—
class 5	lomuwa	elomuwa	—	—
class 6	omuwa	awomuwa	—	—
class 7	somuwa	esomuwa	—	—
class 8	zomuwa	ezomuwa	—	—
class 9	yomuwa	eyomuwa	—	—
class 10	zomuwa	ezomuwa	—	—
class 11	lomuwa	olomuwa	—	—
class 14	bomuwa	obomuwa	—	—
class 15	komuwa	okomuwa	—	—
class 17	komuwa	okomuwa	—	—

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-wa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-wa (2.3-5.4)”