ubumhlophe

Zulu

Etymology

From ubu- +‎ -mhlophe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úɓum̩ɬôːpʰe/

Noun

úbumhlôphe class 14

1. whiteness
2. purity, innocence

Inflection

Class 14
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ubumhlophe	—
Locative	ebumhlopheni	—
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ubumhlophe		—
Simple form	bumhlophe		—
Locative	ebumhlopheni		—
Copulative	ngubumhlophe		—
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wobumhlophe	owobumhlophe	—	—
Class 2	bobumhlophe	abobumhlophe	—	—
Class 3	wobumhlophe	owobumhlophe	—	—
Class 4	yobumhlophe	eyobumhlophe	—	—
Class 5	lobumhlophe	elobumhlophe	—	—
Class 6	obumhlophe	awobumhlophe	—	—
Class 7	sobumhlophe	esobumhlophe	—	—
Class 8	zobumhlophe	ezobumhlophe	—	—
Class 9	yobumhlophe	eyobumhlophe	—	—
Class 10	zobumhlophe	ezobumhlophe	—	—
Class 11	lobumhlophe	olobumhlophe	—	—
Class 14	bobumhlophe	obobumhlophe	—	—
Class 15	kobumhlophe	okobumhlophe	—	—
Class 17	kobumhlophe	okobumhlophe	—	—

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-mhlophe”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-mhlophe (2.3-6.6.3-8.9)”