ukhuni

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀kʊ́nì.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ûːkʰûːni/

Noun

ûkhûni class 11 (plural ízinkûni class 10)

1. piece of firewood

Inflection

Class 11/10
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ukhuni	izinkuni
Locative	okhunini	ezinkunini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ukhuni		izinkuni
Simple form	lukhuni		zinkuni
Locative	okhunini		ezinkunini
Copulative	wukhuni		yizinkuni
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wokhuni	owokhuni	wezinkuni	owezinkuni
Class 2	bokhuni	abokhuni	bezinkuni	abezinkuni
Class 3	wokhuni	owokhuni	wezinkuni	owezinkuni
Class 4	yokhuni	eyokhuni	yezinkuni	eyezinkuni
Class 5	lokhuni	elokhuni	lezinkuni	elezinkuni
Class 6	okhuni	awokhuni	ezinkuni	awezinkuni
Class 7	sokhuni	esokhuni	sezinkuni	esezinkuni
Class 8	zokhuni	ezokhuni	zezinkuni	ezezinkuni
Class 9	yokhuni	eyokhuni	yezinkuni	eyezinkuni
Class 10	zokhuni	ezokhuni	zezinkuni	ezezinkuni
Class 11	lokhuni	olokhuni	lwezinkuni	olwezinkuni
Class 14	bokhuni	obokhuni	bezinkuni	obezinkuni
Class 15	kokhuni	okokhuni	kwezinkuni	okwezinkuni
Class 17	kokhuni	okokhuni	kwezinkuni	okwezinkuni

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-khuni”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khuni (2.6.3-8.9)”