indlu

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *njʊ̀.

Noun

índlu class 9 (plural ízíndlu class 10)

1. house

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *njʊ̀.

Noun

índlu class 9 (plural ízíndlu class 10)

1. house

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *njʊ̀.

Noun

índlu class 9 (plural tíndlu class 10)

1. house

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *njʊ̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [íːⁿd̥ɮṳ]

Noun

índlu class 9 (plural ízíndlu class 10)

1. house

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *njʊ̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /íːnɮu/

Noun

índlu class 9 (plural izíndlu class 10)

1. house

Inflection

Class 9/10
	Singular	Plural
Full form	indlu	izindlu
Locative	endlini	ezindlini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	indlu		izindlu
Simple form	ndlu		zindlu
Locative	endlini		ezindlini
Copulative	yindlu		yizindlu
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wendlu	owendlu	wezindlu	owezindlu
Class 2	bendlu	abendlu	bezindlu	abezindlu
Class 3	wendlu	owendlu	wezindlu	owezindlu
Class 4	yendlu	eyendlu	yezindlu	eyezindlu
Class 5	lendlu	elendlu	lezindlu	elezindlu
Class 6	endlu	awendlu	ezindlu	awezindlu
Class 7	sendlu	esendlu	sezindlu	esezindlu
Class 8	zendlu	ezendlu	zezindlu	ezezindlu
Class 9	yendlu	eyendlu	yezindlu	eyezindlu
Class 10	zendlu	ezendlu	zezindlu	ezezindlu
Class 11	lwendlu	olwendlu	lwezindlu	olwezindlu
Class 14	bendlu	obendlu	bezindlu	obezindlu
Class 15	kwendlu	okwendlu	kwezindlu	okwezindlu
Class 17	kwendlu	okwendlu	kwezindlu	okwezindlu

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ndlu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ndlu (2.9)”