iphepha

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From English paper.

Noun

íphepha class 5 (plural ámáphepha class 6)

1. paper

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Etymology

From English paper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ípʰeːpʰa]

Noun

íphepha class 5 (plural ámáphepha class 6)

1. paper

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

Borrowed from English paper.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /íːpʰeːpʰa/

Noun

ī́phepha class 5 (plural amáphepha class 6)

1. paper

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	iphepha	amaphepha
Locative	ephepheni	emaphepheni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	iphepha		amaphepha
Simple form	liphepha		maphepha
Locative	ephepheni		emaphepheni
Copulative	yiphepha		ngamaphepha
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wephepha	owephepha	wamaphepha	owamaphepha
Class 2	bephepha	abephepha	bamaphepha	abamaphepha
Class 3	wephepha	owephepha	wamaphepha	owamaphepha
Class 4	yephepha	eyephepha	yamaphepha	eyamaphepha
Class 5	lephepha	elephepha	lamaphepha	elamaphepha
Class 6	ephepha	awephepha	amaphepha	awamaphepha
Class 7	sephepha	esephepha	samaphepha	esamaphepha
Class 8	zephepha	ezephepha	zamaphepha	ezamaphepha
Class 9	yephepha	eyephepha	yamaphepha	eyamaphepha
Class 10	zephepha	ezephepha	zamaphepha	ezamaphepha
Class 11	lwephepha	olwephepha	lwamaphepha	olwamaphepha
Class 14	bephepha	obephepha	bamaphepha	obamaphepha
Class 15	kwephepha	okwephepha	kwamaphepha	okwamaphepha
Class 17	kwephepha	okwephepha	kwamaphepha	okwamaphepha

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-phepha”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-phepha (3.2.9.9)”