Fanagalo

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Etymology

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From Zulu ubuhlungu, from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀cʊ́ngʊ́.

Noun

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buhlungu

  1. pain

Southern Ndebele

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Etymology

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From ubuhlungu.

Relative

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-búhlûngu

  1. sore, aching, painful

Inflection

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Relative concord, tone HHH
modifier copulative
1st singular engibuhlungu ngibuhlungu
2nd singular obuhlungu ubuhlungu
1st plural esibuhlungu sibuhlungu
2nd plural enibuhlungu nibuhlungu
class 1 obuhlungu ubuhlungu
class 2 ababuhlungu babuhlungu
class 3 obuhlungu ubuhlungu
class 4 ebuhlungu ibuhlungu
class 5 elibuhlungu libuhlungu
class 6 abuhlungu abuhlungu
class 7 esibuhlungu sibuhlungu
class 8 ezibuhlungu zibuhlungu
class 9 ebuhlungu ibuhlungu
class 10 ezibuhlungu zibuhlungu
class 14 obubuhlungu bubuhlungu
class 15 okubuhlungu kubuhlungu
class 17 okubuhlungu kubuhlungu

Swazi

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Etymology 1

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From Common Bantu *bʊ̀cʊ́ngʊ́.

Noun

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búhlûngu class 14

  1. pain
Inflection
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

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From buhlungu.

Relative

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-búhlûngu

  1. sore, aching, painful
Inflection
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Xhosa

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Etymology

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From ubuhlungu.

Relative

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-búhlûngu

  1. sore, aching, painful

Inflection

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Zulu

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Etymology

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From ubuhlungu.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ɓuɬûːnɡu/

Relative

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-buhlûngu

  1. sore, aching, painful

Inflection

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References

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