Xhosa edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [úlʷésítʰâːtʰu]

Noun edit

úLwésíthâthu class 1a (plural óoLwésíthâthu class 2a)

  1. Wednesday

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Zulu edit

Etymology edit

From u- +‎ lwa- +‎ isithathu, literally "the third one", referring to usuku "day".

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /úlwésitʰâːtʰu/

Noun edit

úLwésithâthu class 1a

  1. Wednesday

Inflection edit

Class 1a
Singular Plural
Full form uLwesithathu
Locative kuLwesithathu
Singular Plural
Full form uLwesithathu
Simple form Lwesithathu
Locative kuLwesithathu
Copulative nguLwesithathu
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 kaLwesithathu okaLwesithathu
Class 2 bakaLwesithathu abakaLwesithathu
Class 3 kaLwesithathu okaLwesithathu
Class 4 kaLwesithathu ekaLwesithathu
Class 5 likaLwesithathu elikaLwesithathu
Class 6 kaLwesithathu akaLwesithathu
Class 7 sikaLwesithathu esikaLwesithathu
Class 8 zikaLwesithathu ezikaLwesithathu
Class 9 kaLwesithathu ekaLwesithathu
Class 10 zikaLwesithathu ezikaLwesithathu
Class 11 lukaLwesithathu olukaLwesithathu
Class 14 bukaLwesithathu obukaLwesithathu
Class 15 kukaLwesithathu okukaLwesithathu
Class 17 kukaLwesithathu okukaLwesithathu

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