ibhulukwe

Zulu

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans broek.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /îːbulúːɠwe/

Noun

îbhulúkwe class 5 (plural ámabhulúkwe class 6)

1. trouser

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ibhulukwe	amabhulukwe
Locative	ebhulukweni	emabhulukweni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ibhulukwe		amabhulukwe
Simple form	libhulukwe		mabhulukwe
Locative	ebhulukweni		emabhulukweni
Copulative	yibhulukwe		ngamabhulukwe
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	webhulukwe	owebhulukwe	wamabhulukwe	owamabhulukwe
Class 2	bebhulukwe	abebhulukwe	bamabhulukwe	abamabhulukwe
Class 3	webhulukwe	owebhulukwe	wamabhulukwe	owamabhulukwe
Class 4	yebhulukwe	eyebhulukwe	yamabhulukwe	eyamabhulukwe
Class 5	lebhulukwe	elebhulukwe	lamabhulukwe	elamabhulukwe
Class 6	ebhulukwe	awebhulukwe	amabhulukwe	awamabhulukwe
Class 7	sebhulukwe	esebhulukwe	samabhulukwe	esamabhulukwe
Class 8	zebhulukwe	ezebhulukwe	zamabhulukwe	ezamabhulukwe
Class 9	yebhulukwe	eyebhulukwe	yamabhulukwe	eyamabhulukwe
Class 10	zebhulukwe	ezebhulukwe	zamabhulukwe	ezamabhulukwe
Class 11	lwebhulukwe	olwebhulukwe	lwamabhulukwe	olwamabhulukwe
Class 14	bebhulukwe	obebhulukwe	bamabhulukwe	obamabhulukwe
Class 15	kwebhulukwe	okwebhulukwe	kwamabhulukwe	okwamabhulukwe
Class 17	kwebhulukwe	okwebhulukwe	kwamabhulukwe	okwamabhulukwe

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-bulukwe”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-bulukwe (2.6.6.3.9)”