izi-
Northern Ndebele edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *jí-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
Prefix edit
izi-
- Class 8 noun prefix.
Xhosa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *jí-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
Prefix edit
izi-
- Class 8 noun prefix.
Zulu edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *jí-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
Prefix edit
ízi-
- Class 8 noun prefix.
- Class 10 noun prefix, used when preceding a consonant n, m, or l.
References edit
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “izi-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “izi-”