uNdasa

Zulu

Etymology

From u- (class 1a) +‎ -ndasa (“be well fed”). Refers to the time of year when there is an abundance of food.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úndaːsá/

Noun

úNdasá class 1a (plural ôNdasá class 2a)

1. March
2. the eighth month of the Zulu lunar calendar, beginning with the new moon in February

Inflection

Class 1a/2a
	Singular	Plural
Full form	uNdasa	oNdasa
Locative	kuNdasa	koNdasa
	Singular		Plural
Full form	uNdasa		oNdasa
Simple form	Ndasa		boNdasa
Locative	kuNdasa		koNdasa
Copulative	nguNdasa		ngoNdasa
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	kaNdasa	okaNdasa	woNdasa	owoNdasa
Class 2	bakaNdasa	abakaNdasa	boNdasa	aboNdasa
Class 3	kaNdasa	okaNdasa	woNdasa	owoNdasa
Class 4	kaNdasa	ekaNdasa	yoNdasa	eyoNdasa
Class 5	likaNdasa	elikaNdasa	loNdasa	eloNdasa
Class 6	kaNdasa	akaNdasa	oNdasa	awoNdasa
Class 7	sikaNdasa	esikaNdasa	soNdasa	esoNdasa
Class 8	zikaNdasa	ezikaNdasa	zoNdasa	ezoNdasa
Class 9	kaNdasa	ekaNdasa	yoNdasa	eyoNdasa
Class 10	zikaNdasa	ezikaNdasa	zoNdasa	ezoNdasa
Class 11	lukaNdasa	olukaNdasa	loNdasa	oloNdasa
Class 14	bukaNdasa	obukaNdasa	boNdasa	oboNdasa
Class 15	kukaNdasa	okukaNdasa	koNdasa	okoNdasa
Class 17	kukaNdasa	okukaNdasa	koNdasa	okoNdasa

Synonyms

• uMashi
• uNgcela

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ndasa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ndasa (2.6.3)”
• Koopman, Adrian (2002) Andrea Nattrass, editor, Zulu Names, Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press