Xhosa edit

Proper noun edit

iTheku

  1. Durban (a city in South Africa)

Inflection edit

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Zulu edit

Etymology edit

Either from itheku (bay, harbor), or from itheku (animal or man with a single testicle).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

îThêku class 5

  1. Durban (a city in South Africa)

Inflection edit

Class 5
Singular Plural
Full form iTheku
Locative eThekwini
Singular Plural
Full form iTheku
Simple form liTheku
Locative eThekwini
Copulative yiTheku
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 weTheku oweTheku
Class 2 beTheku abeTheku
Class 3 weTheku oweTheku
Class 4 yeTheku eyeTheku
Class 5 leTheku eleTheku
Class 6 eTheku aweTheku
Class 7 seTheku eseTheku
Class 8 zeTheku ezeTheku
Class 9 yeTheku eyeTheku
Class 10 zeTheku ezeTheku
Class 11 lweTheku olweTheku
Class 14 beTheku obeTheku
Class 15 kweTheku okweTheku
Class 17 kweTheku okweTheku

References edit

  • C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-theku”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-theku (2.4.3-8.9)”
  • Koopman, Adrian (2002), Andrea Nattrass, editor, Zulu Names, Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press