ushizi

Zulu

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úʃiːzi/

Noun

úshizi class 1a

1. cheese

Inflection

Class 1a
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ushizi	—
Locative	kushizi	—
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ushizi		—
Simple form	shizi		—
Locative	kushizi		—
Copulative	ngushizi		—
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	kashizi	okashizi	—	—
Class 2	bakashizi	abakashizi	—	—
Class 3	kashizi	okashizi	—	—
Class 4	kashizi	ekashizi	—	—
Class 5	likashizi	elikashizi	—	—
Class 6	kashizi	akashizi	—	—
Class 7	sikashizi	esikashizi	—	—
Class 8	zikashizi	ezikashizi	—	—
Class 9	kashizi	ekashizi	—	—
Class 10	zikashizi	ezikashizi	—	—
Class 11	lukashizi	olukashizi	—	—
Class 14	bukashizi	obukashizi	—	—
Class 15	kukashizi	okukashizi	—	—
Class 17	kukashizi	okukashizi	—	—

References

C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-shizi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-shizi (2.9.9)”