ubani
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic لُبَان (lubān).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
ubani (u class, no plural)
Xhosa edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
úbání class 1a (plural óobání class 2a)
- who is (it)?
- Ubani lo mntu?
- Who is this person?
- Ungubani?
- Who are you?
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably uba/oba + -ni "what", but what is uba? u- (class 1a) + -ba "to be"?”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
úbaní class 1a (plural obani class 2a)
- who is (it)?
- Ubani lo muntu?
- Who is this person?
- Ungubani?
- Who are you?
- Ubani ongibize?
- Who called me?
Usage notes edit
Despite its meaning, this is grammatically a noun, and behaves as a noun in copulative sentences (it takes the ngu- copulative prefix). When a verb is added, the verb takes the relative concord rather than a subject concord, so that the combination Ubani ongibize? literally translates to Who is it who called me?.
Inflection edit
Class 1a/2a | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Full form | ubani | obani | ||
Locative | kubani | kobani | ||
Singular | Plural | |||
Full form | ubani | obani | ||
Simple form | bani | bobani | ||
Locative | kubani | kobani | ||
Copulative | ngubani | ngobani | ||
Possessive forms | ||||
Singular | Plural | |||
Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
Class 1 | kabani | okabani | wobani | owobani |
Class 2 | bakabani | abakabani | bobani | abobani |
Class 3 | kabani | okabani | wobani | owobani |
Class 4 | kabani | ekabani | yobani | eyobani |
Class 5 | likabani | elikabani | lobani | elobani |
Class 6 | kabani | akabani | obani | awobani |
Class 7 | sikabani | esikabani | sobani | esobani |
Class 8 | zikabani | ezikabani | zobani | ezobani |
Class 9 | kabani | ekabani | yobani | eyobani |
Class 10 | zikabani | ezikabani | zobani | ezobani |
Class 11 | lukabani | olukabani | lobani | olobani |
Class 14 | bukabani | obukabani | bobani | obobani |
Class 15 | kukabani | okukabani | kobani | okobani |
Class 17 | kukabani | okukabani | kobani | okobani |
References edit
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ɓani”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ɓani (2.4.3)”