umkhwekazi

Zulu

Etymology

From umukhwe +‎ -kazi.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /úm̩kʰwéɠaːzi/

Noun

úmkhwékazi class 1 (plural ábakhwékazi class 2)

  1. one's wife's mother, mother-in-law of a male

Inflection
Class 1/2
Singular Plural
Full form umkhwekazi abakhwekazi
Locative kumkhwekazi kubakhwekazi
Singular Plural
Full form umkhwekazi abakhwekazi
Simple form mkhwekazi bakhwekazi
Locative kumkhwekazi kubakhwekazi
Copulative ngumkhwekazi ngabakhwekazi
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 womkhwekazi owomkhwekazi wabakhwekazi owabakhwekazi
Class 2 bomkhwekazi abomkhwekazi babakhwekazi ababakhwekazi
Class 3 womkhwekazi owomkhwekazi wabakhwekazi owabakhwekazi
Class 4 yomkhwekazi eyomkhwekazi yabakhwekazi eyabakhwekazi
Class 5 lomkhwekazi elomkhwekazi labakhwekazi elabakhwekazi
Class 6 omkhwekazi awomkhwekazi abakhwekazi awabakhwekazi
Class 7 somkhwekazi esomkhwekazi sabakhwekazi esabakhwekazi
Class 8 zomkhwekazi ezomkhwekazi zabakhwekazi ezabakhwekazi
Class 9 yomkhwekazi eyomkhwekazi yabakhwekazi eyabakhwekazi
Class 10 zomkhwekazi ezomkhwekazi zabakhwekazi ezabakhwekazi
Class 11 lomkhwekazi olomkhwekazi lwabakhwekazi olwabakhwekazi
Class 14 bomkhwekazi obomkhwekazi babakhwekazi obabakhwekazi
Class 15 komkhwekazi okomkhwekazi kwabakhwekazi okwabakhwekazi
Class 17 komkhwekazi okomkhwekazi kwabakhwekazi okwabakhwekazi

References
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