zulu

See also: Zulu, zulú, zulù, and żulu

Translingual

Noun

zulu

1. Alternative letter-case form of Zulu of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

English

Noun

zulu

1. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Zulu from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Catalan

Adjective

zulu (masculine and feminine plural zulus)

1. Zulu

Noun

zulu m (plural zulus)

1. Zulu

Finnish

Etymology

From Zulu uḿZulu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzulu/, [ˈzulu]
• Rhymes: -ulu
• Syllabification^(key): zu‧lu

Noun

zulu

1. A Zulu.
2. The Zulu language.

Declension

Inflection of zulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		zulu	zulut
genitive		zulun	zulujen
partitive		zulua	zuluja
illative		zuluun	zuluihin
		singular	plural
nominative		zulu	zulut
accusative	nom.	zulu	zulut
	gen.	zulun
genitive		zulun	zulujen
partitive		zulua	zuluja
inessive		zulussa	zuluissa
elative		zulusta	zuluista
illative		zuluun	zuluihin
adessive		zululla	zuluilla
ablative		zululta	zuluilta
allative		zululle	zuluille
essive		zuluna	zuluina
translative		zuluksi	zuluiksi
instructive		—	zuluin
abessive		zulutta	zuluitta
comitative		—	zuluineen

Possessive forms of zulu (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	zuluni	zulumme
2nd person	zulusi	zulunne
3rd person	zulunsa

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• zulo

Etymology

From Zulu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzu.lu/

• Hyphenation: zu‧lu

Noun

zulu m or f by sense (plural zulus)

1. Zulu (individual member of the Zulu people)
2. Zulu (the Bantu language of the Zulu)

Adjective

zulu m or f (plural zulus, not comparable)

1. Zulu (pertaining to the Zulu people or culture)
2. Zulu (pertaining to the Zulu language)

Romanian

Etymology

From English Zulu.

Noun

zulu f (uncountable)

1. Zulu language

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Zulu. First attested in 1903.

Noun

zulu c

1. Zulu (individual of that ethnic group)
2. (uncountable) Zulu (language of said people)

Declension

Declension of zulu
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	zulu	zulun	zuluer	zuluerna
Genitive	zulus	zuluns	zuluers	zuluernas

References

• zulu in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• zulu in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• zulu in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)