ibhentshi

Zulu

Etymology

Borrowed from English bench.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /îːbéːɲtʃi/

Noun

îbhéntshi class 5 (plural ámabhéntshi class 6)

1. bench

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ibhentshi	amabhentshi
Locative	ebhentshini	emabhentshini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ibhentshi		amabhentshi
Simple form	libhentshi		mabhentshi
Locative	ebhentshini		emabhentshini
Copulative	yibhentshi		ngamabhentshi
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	webhentshi	owebhentshi	wamabhentshi	owamabhentshi
Class 2	bebhentshi	abebhentshi	bamabhentshi	abamabhentshi
Class 3	webhentshi	owebhentshi	wamabhentshi	owamabhentshi
Class 4	yebhentshi	eyebhentshi	yamabhentshi	eyamabhentshi
Class 5	lebhentshi	elebhentshi	lamabhentshi	elamabhentshi
Class 6	ebhentshi	awebhentshi	amabhentshi	awamabhentshi
Class 7	sebhentshi	esebhentshi	samabhentshi	esamabhentshi
Class 8	zebhentshi	ezebhentshi	zamabhentshi	ezamabhentshi
Class 9	yebhentshi	eyebhentshi	yamabhentshi	eyamabhentshi
Class 10	zebhentshi	ezebhentshi	zamabhentshi	ezamabhentshi
Class 11	lwebhentshi	olwebhentshi	lwamabhentshi	olwamabhentshi
Class 14	bebhentshi	obebhentshi	bamabhentshi	obamabhentshi
Class 15	kwebhentshi	okwebhentshi	kwamabhentshi	okwamabhentshi
Class 17	kwebhentshi	okwebhentshi	kwamabhentshi	okwamabhentshi

References

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