ikhukhamba

Zulu

Etymology

Borrowed from English cucumber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /îːkʰukʰáːmba/

Noun

îkhukhámba class 5 (plural ámakhukhámba class 6)

1. cucumber

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ikhukhamba	amakhukhamba
Locative	ekhukhambeni	emakhukhambeni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ikhukhamba		amakhukhamba
Simple form	likhukhamba		makhukhamba
Locative	ekhukhambeni		emakhukhambeni
Copulative	yikhukhamba		ngamakhukhamba
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wekhukhamba	owekhukhamba	wamakhukhamba	owamakhukhamba
Class 2	bekhukhamba	abekhukhamba	bamakhukhamba	abamakhukhamba
Class 3	wekhukhamba	owekhukhamba	wamakhukhamba	owamakhukhamba
Class 4	yekhukhamba	eyekhukhamba	yamakhukhamba	eyamakhukhamba
Class 5	lekhukhamba	elekhukhamba	lamakhukhamba	elamakhukhamba
Class 6	ekhukhamba	awekhukhamba	amakhukhamba	awamakhukhamba
Class 7	sekhukhamba	esekhukhamba	samakhukhamba	esamakhukhamba
Class 8	zekhukhamba	ezekhukhamba	zamakhukhamba	ezamakhukhamba
Class 9	yekhukhamba	eyekhukhamba	yamakhukhamba	eyamakhukhamba
Class 10	zekhukhamba	ezekhukhamba	zamakhukhamba	ezamakhukhamba
Class 11	lwekhukhamba	olwekhukhamba	lwamakhukhamba	olwamakhukhamba
Class 14	bekhukhamba	obekhukhamba	bamakhukhamba	obamakhukhamba
Class 15	kwekhukhamba	okwekhukhamba	kwamakhukhamba	okwamakhukhamba
Class 17	kwekhukhamba	okwekhukhamba	kwamakhukhamba	okwamakhukhamba

Alternative forms

• ikhukhumba

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-khukhumba”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khukhumba (2.4.6.3.9)”