ubumnyama

Zulu

Etymology

From ubu- +‎ -mnyama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úɓum̩ɲáːma/

Noun

úbumnyáma class 14

1. blackness, darkness

Inflection

Class 14
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ubumnyama	—
Locative	ebumnyameni	—
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ubumnyama		—
Simple form	bumnyama		—
Locative	ebumnyameni		—
Copulative	ngubumnyama		—
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wobumnyama	owobumnyama	—	—
Class 2	bobumnyama	abobumnyama	—	—
Class 3	wobumnyama	owobumnyama	—	—
Class 4	yobumnyama	eyobumnyama	—	—
Class 5	lobumnyama	elobumnyama	—	—
Class 6	obumnyama	awobumnyama	—	—
Class 7	sobumnyama	esobumnyama	—	—
Class 8	zobumnyama	ezobumnyama	—	—
Class 9	yobumnyama	eyobumnyama	—	—
Class 10	zobumnyama	ezobumnyama	—	—
Class 11	lobumnyama	olobumnyama	—	—
Class 14	bobumnyama	obobumnyama	—	—
Class 15	kobumnyama	okobumnyama	—	—
Class 17	kobumnyama	okobumnyama	—	—

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-mnyama”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-mnyama (2.6.6.3.9)”