isiphuzi

Zulu

Etymology

From isi- +‎ -phuza +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ísipʰúːzi/

Noun

ísiphúzi class 7 (plural íziphúzi class 8)

1. alcoholic, drinker, drunkard

Inflection

Class 7/8
	Singular	Plural
Full form	isiphuzi	iziphuzi
Locative	esiphuzini	eziphuzini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	isiphuzi		iziphuzi
Simple form	siphuzi		ziphuzi
Locative	esiphuzini		eziphuzini
Copulative	yisiphuzi		yiziphuzi
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wesiphuzi	owesiphuzi	weziphuzi	oweziphuzi
Class 2	besiphuzi	abesiphuzi	beziphuzi	abeziphuzi
Class 3	wesiphuzi	owesiphuzi	weziphuzi	oweziphuzi
Class 4	yesiphuzi	eyesiphuzi	yeziphuzi	eyeziphuzi
Class 5	lesiphuzi	elesiphuzi	leziphuzi	eleziphuzi
Class 6	esiphuzi	awesiphuzi	eziphuzi	aweziphuzi
Class 7	sesiphuzi	esesiphuzi	seziphuzi	eseziphuzi
Class 8	zesiphuzi	ezesiphuzi	zeziphuzi	ezeziphuzi
Class 9	yesiphuzi	eyesiphuzi	yeziphuzi	eyeziphuzi
Class 10	zesiphuzi	ezesiphuzi	zeziphuzi	ezeziphuzi
Class 11	lwesiphuzi	olwesiphuzi	lweziphuzi	olweziphuzi
Class 14	besiphuzi	obesiphuzi	beziphuzi	obeziphuzi
Class 15	kwesiphuzi	okwesiphuzi	kweziphuzi	okweziphuzi
Class 17	kwesiphuzi	okwesiphuzi	kweziphuzi	okweziphuzi

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-phuzi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-phuzi (2.6.3.9)”