Zulu

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Etymology

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From -khulu +‎ -ana.

Adjective

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-khudlwâna

  1. considerable, fairly big, fairly large
  2. fairly important

Inflection

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Adjective concord, tone HHH
Modifier Copulative
positive negative positive negative
1st singular engimkhudlwana engingemkhudlwana ngimkhudlwana angimkhudlwana
2nd singular omkhudlwana ongemkhudlwana umkhudlwana awumkhudlwana
1st plural esibakhudlwana esingebakhudlwana sibakhudlwana asibakhudlwana
2nd plural enibakhudlwana eningebakhudlwana nibakhudlwana anibakhudlwana
Class 1 omkhudlwana ongemkhudlwana mkhudlwana akamkhudlwana
Class 2 abakhudlwana abangebakhudlwana bakhudlwana ababakhudlwana
Class 3 omkhudlwana ongemkhudlwana mkhudlwana awumkhudlwana
Class 4 emikhudlwana engemikhudlwana mikhudlwana ayimikhudlwana
Class 5 elikhudlwana elingelikhudlwana likhudlwana alilikhudlwana
Class 6 amakhudlwana angemakhudlwana makhudlwana awamakhudlwana
Class 7 esikhudlwana esingesikhudlwana sikhudlwana asisikhudlwana
Class 8 ezinkudlwana ezingezinkudlwana zinkudlwana azizinkudlwana
Class 9 enkudlwana engenkudlwana, engeyinkudlwana inkudlwana, yinkudlwana ayiyinkudlwana
Class 10 ezinkudlwana ezingezinkudlwana zinkudlwana azizinkudlwana
Class 11 olukhudlwana olungelukhudlwana lukhudlwana alulukhudlwana
Class 14 obukhudlwana obungebukhudlwana bukhudlwana abubukhudlwana
Class 15 okukhudlwana okungekukhudlwana kukhudlwana akukukhudlwana
Class 17 okukhudlwana okungekukhudlwana kukhudlwana akukukhudlwana

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