umuzi

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gìɪ̀.

Noun

úmúzi class 3 (plural ímízi class 4)

1. homestead, village

Inflection

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Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gìɪ̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /umúːzi/

Noun

umúzi class 3 (plural imízi class 4)

1. homestead, village

Inflection

Class 3/4 (locative emuzini)

	singular		plural
full form	umuzi		imizi
simple form	muzi		mizi
locative	emuzini		emizini
copulative	ngumuzi		yimizi
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	womuzi	owomuzi	wemizi	owemizi
class 2	bomuzi	abomuzi	bemizi	abemizi
class 3	womuzi	owomuzi	wemizi	owemizi
class 4	yomuzi	eyomuzi	yemizi	eyemizi
class 5	lomuzi	elomuzi	lemizi	elemizi
class 6	omuzi	awomuzi	emizi	awemizi
class 7	somuzi	esomuzi	semizi	esemizi
class 8	zomuzi	ezomuzi	zemizi	ezemizi
class 9	yomuzi	eyomuzi	yemizi	eyemizi
class 10	zomuzi	ezomuzi	zemizi	ezemizi
class 11	lomuzi	olomuzi	lwemizi	olwemizi
class 14	bomuzi	obomuzi	bemizi	obemizi
class 15	komuzi	okomuzi	kwemizi	okwemizi
class 17	komuzi	okomuzi	kwemizi	okwemizi

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-zi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-zi (3.2.9)”