inkukhu
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *nkʊ́kʊ́, a variant of Common Bantu *nkókó.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *nkʊ́kʊ́, a variant of Common Bantu *nkókó.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *nkʊ́kʊ́, a variant of Common Bantu *nkókó.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ínkúːkʰu/
Inflection
| Class 9/10 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | inkukhu | izinkukhu | ||
| Locative | enkukhwini | ezinkukhwini | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | inkukhu | izinkukhu | ||
| Simple form | nkukhu | zinkukhu | ||
| Locative | enkukhwini | ezinkukhwini | ||
| Copulative | yinkukhu | yizinkukhu | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | wenkukhu | owenkukhu | wezinkukhu | owezinkukhu |
| Class 2 | benkukhu | abenkukhu | bezinkukhu | abezinkukhu |
| Class 3 | wenkukhu | owenkukhu | wezinkukhu | owezinkukhu |
| Class 4 | yenkukhu | eyenkukhu | yezinkukhu | eyezinkukhu |
| Class 5 | lenkukhu | elenkukhu | lezinkukhu | elezinkukhu |
| Class 6 | enkukhu | awenkukhu | ezinkukhu | awezinkukhu |
| Class 7 | senkukhu | esenkukhu | sezinkukhu | esezinkukhu |
| Class 8 | zenkukhu | ezenkukhu | zezinkukhu | ezezinkukhu |
| Class 9 | yenkukhu | eyenkukhu | yezinkukhu | eyezinkukhu |
| Class 10 | zenkukhu | ezenkukhu | zezinkukhu | ezezinkukhu |
| Class 11 | lwenkukhu | olwenkukhu | lwezinkukhu | olwezinkukhu |
| Class 14 | benkukhu | obenkukhu | bezinkukhu | obezinkukhu |
| Class 15 | kwenkukhu | okwenkukhu | kwezinkukhu | okwezinkukhu |
| Class 17 | kwenkukhu | okwenkukhu | kwezinkukhu | okwezinkukhu |
Derived terms
- isikhukhukazi
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “khuku”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “khuku (2.4.9)”
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