uLwesibili

Zulu

Etymology

From u- +‎ lwa- +‎ isibili, literally "the second one", referring to usuku "day".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /úlwesíɓiːlí/

Noun

úLwesíbilí class 1a

  1. Tuesday

Inflection

Class 1a
Singular Plural
Full form uLwesibili —
Locative kuLwesibili —
Singular Plural
Full form uLwesibili —
Simple form Lwesibili —
Locative kuLwesibili —
Copulative nguLwesibili —
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 kaLwesibili okaLwesibili — —
Class 2 bakaLwesibili abakaLwesibili — —
Class 3 kaLwesibili okaLwesibili — —
Class 4 kaLwesibili ekaLwesibili — —
Class 5 likaLwesibili elikaLwesibili — —
Class 6 kaLwesibili akaLwesibili — —
Class 7 sikaLwesibili esikaLwesibili — —
Class 8 zikaLwesibili ezikaLwesibili — —
Class 9 kaLwesibili ekaLwesibili — —
Class 10 zikaLwesibili ezikaLwesibili — —
Class 11 lukaLwesibili olukaLwesibili — —
Class 14 bukaLwesibili obukaLwesibili — —
Class 15 kukaLwesibili okukaLwesibili — —
Class 17 kukaLwesibili okukaLwesibili — —

See also

References

  • C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-lwesiɓili”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-lwesiɓili (2.6.3.3-5.4)”
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