umkhomazi

Zulu

Etymology

From umkhomo +‎ -azi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uḿ̩kʰomáːzi/

Noun

uḿkhomázi class 3 (plural imíkhomázi class 4)

1. female whale

Inflection

Class 3/4
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umkhomazi	imikhomazi
Locative	emkhomazini	emikhomazini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	umkhomazi		imikhomazi
Simple form	mkhomazi		mikhomazi
Locative	emkhomazini		emikhomazini
Copulative	ngumkhomazi		yimikhomazi
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	womkhomazi	owomkhomazi	wemikhomazi	owemikhomazi
Class 2	bomkhomazi	abomkhomazi	bemikhomazi	abemikhomazi
Class 3	womkhomazi	owomkhomazi	wemikhomazi	owemikhomazi
Class 4	yomkhomazi	eyomkhomazi	yemikhomazi	eyemikhomazi
Class 5	lomkhomazi	elomkhomazi	lemikhomazi	elemikhomazi
Class 6	omkhomazi	awomkhomazi	emikhomazi	awemikhomazi
Class 7	somkhomazi	esomkhomazi	semikhomazi	esemikhomazi
Class 8	zomkhomazi	ezomkhomazi	zemikhomazi	ezemikhomazi
Class 9	yomkhomazi	eyomkhomazi	yemikhomazi	eyemikhomazi
Class 10	zomkhomazi	ezomkhomazi	zemikhomazi	ezemikhomazi
Class 11	lomkhomazi	olomkhomazi	lwemikhomazi	olwemikhomazi
Class 14	bomkhomazi	obomkhomazi	bemikhomazi	obemikhomazi
Class 15	komkhomazi	okomkhomazi	kwemikhomazi	okwemikhomazi
Class 17	komkhomazi	okomkhomazi	kwemikhomazi	okwemikhomazi

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-khomazi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khomazi (3.2.6.3.9)”