isilisa

Zulu

Etymology

From isi- +‎ umlisa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ísilíːsa/

Noun

ísilísa class 7

1. male people, menfolk
2. (with a possessive concord) male

Inflection

Class 7
	Singular	Plural
Full form	isilisa	—
Locative	esiliseni	—
	Singular		Plural
Full form	isilisa		—
Simple form	silisa		—
Locative	esiliseni		—
Copulative	yisilisa		—
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wesilisa	owesilisa	—	—
Class 2	besilisa	abesilisa	—	—
Class 3	wesilisa	owesilisa	—	—
Class 4	yesilisa	eyesilisa	—	—
Class 5	lesilisa	elesilisa	—	—
Class 6	esilisa	awesilisa	—	—
Class 7	sesilisa	esesilisa	—	—
Class 8	zesilisa	ezesilisa	—	—
Class 9	yesilisa	eyesilisa	—	—
Class 10	zesilisa	ezesilisa	—	—
Class 11	lwesilisa	olwesilisa	—	—
Class 14	besilisa	obesilisa	—	—
Class 15	kwesilisa	okwesilisa	—	—
Class 17	kwesilisa	okwesilisa	—	—

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-lisa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-lisa (2.4.3.9)”