umzukulu

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Common Bantu *mʊ̀jíjʊ̀kʊ̀dʊ̀.

Noun

úḿzúkûlu class 1 (plural ábázúkûlu class 2)

1. grandchild

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Common Bantu *mʊ̀jíjʊ̀kʊ̀dʊ̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uḿ̩zuɠûːlu/

Noun

uḿzukûlu class 1 (plural abázukûlu class 2)

1. grandchild

Inflection

Class 1/2
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umzukulu	abazukulu
Locative	kumzukulu	kubazukulu
	Singular		Plural
Full form	umzukulu		abazukulu
Simple form	mzukulu		bazukulu
Locative	kumzukulu		kubazukulu
Copulative	ngumzukulu		ngabazukulu
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	womzukulu	owomzukulu	wabazukulu	owabazukulu
Class 2	bomzukulu	abomzukulu	babazukulu	ababazukulu
Class 3	womzukulu	owomzukulu	wabazukulu	owabazukulu
Class 4	yomzukulu	eyomzukulu	yabazukulu	eyabazukulu
Class 5	lomzukulu	elomzukulu	labazukulu	elabazukulu
Class 6	omzukulu	awomzukulu	abazukulu	awabazukulu
Class 7	somzukulu	esomzukulu	sabazukulu	esabazukulu
Class 8	zomzukulu	ezomzukulu	zabazukulu	ezabazukulu
Class 9	yomzukulu	eyomzukulu	yabazukulu	eyabazukulu
Class 10	zomzukulu	ezomzukulu	zabazukulu	ezabazukulu
Class 11	lomzukulu	olomzukulu	lwabazukulu	olwabazukulu
Class 14	bomzukulu	obomzukulu	babazukulu	obabazukulu
Class 15	komzukulu	okomzukulu	kwabazukulu	okwabazukulu
Class 17	komzukulu	okomzukulu	kwabazukulu	okwabazukulu

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-zukulu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-zukulu (6.3.8.3-8.9)”