ibhomu

Zulu

Etymology

Borrowed from English bomb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /îːbôːmu/

Noun

îbhômu class 5 (plural ámabhômu class 6)

1. bomb

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ibhomu	amabhomu
Locative	ebhonyini	emabhonyini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ibhomu		amabhomu
Simple form	libhomu		mabhomu
Locative	ebhonyini		emabhonyini
Copulative	yibhomu		ngamabhomu
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	webhomu	owebhomu	wamabhomu	owamabhomu
Class 2	bebhomu	abebhomu	bamabhomu	abamabhomu
Class 3	webhomu	owebhomu	wamabhomu	owamabhomu
Class 4	yebhomu	eyebhomu	yamabhomu	eyamabhomu
Class 5	lebhomu	elebhomu	lamabhomu	elamabhomu
Class 6	ebhomu	awebhomu	amabhomu	awamabhomu
Class 7	sebhomu	esebhomu	samabhomu	esamabhomu
Class 8	zebhomu	ezebhomu	zamabhomu	ezamabhomu
Class 9	yebhomu	eyebhomu	yamabhomu	eyamabhomu
Class 10	zebhomu	ezebhomu	zamabhomu	ezamabhomu
Class 11	lwebhomu	olwebhomu	lwamabhomu	olwamabhomu
Class 14	bebhomu	obebhomu	bamabhomu	obamabhomu
Class 15	kwebhomu	okwebhomu	kwamabhomu	okwamabhomu
Class 17	kwebhomu	okwebhomu	kwamabhomu	okwamabhomu

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-bomu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-bomu (2.4.3-8.9)”