inkukhu

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nkʊ́kʊ́, a variant of Common Bantu *nkókó.

Noun

ínkúkhu class 9 (plural ízínkúkhu class 10)

1. chicken

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nkʊ́kʊ́, a variant of Common Bantu *nkókó.

Noun

ínkúkhu class 9 (plural iínkúkhu class 10)

1. chicken

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nkʊ́kʊ́, a variant of Common Bantu *nkókó.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ínkúːkʰu/

Noun

ínkúkhu class 9 (plural ízinkúkhu class 10)

1. chicken

Inflection

Class 9/10
	Singular	Plural
Full form	inkukhu	izinkukhu
Locative	enkukhwini	ezinkukhwini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	inkukhu		izinkukhu
Simple form	nkukhu		zinkukhu
Locative	enkukhwini		ezinkukhwini
Copulative	yinkukhu		yizinkukhu
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wenkukhu	owenkukhu	wezinkukhu	owezinkukhu
Class 2	benkukhu	abenkukhu	bezinkukhu	abezinkukhu
Class 3	wenkukhu	owenkukhu	wezinkukhu	owezinkukhu
Class 4	yenkukhu	eyenkukhu	yezinkukhu	eyezinkukhu
Class 5	lenkukhu	elenkukhu	lezinkukhu	elezinkukhu
Class 6	enkukhu	awenkukhu	ezinkukhu	awezinkukhu
Class 7	senkukhu	esenkukhu	sezinkukhu	esezinkukhu
Class 8	zenkukhu	ezenkukhu	zezinkukhu	ezezinkukhu
Class 9	yenkukhu	eyenkukhu	yezinkukhu	eyezinkukhu
Class 10	zenkukhu	ezenkukhu	zezinkukhu	ezezinkukhu
Class 11	lwenkukhu	olwenkukhu	lwezinkukhu	olwezinkukhu
Class 14	benkukhu	obenkukhu	bezinkukhu	obezinkukhu
Class 15	kwenkukhu	okwenkukhu	kwezinkukhu	okwezinkukhu
Class 17	kwenkukhu	okwenkukhu	kwezinkukhu	okwezinkukhu

Derived terms

• isikhukhukazi

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “khuku”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “khuku (2.4.9)”