umuhlwa

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *úmuhlwá, from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀cʊ́á.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /úmuːɬwá/

Noun

úmuhlwá class 3 (plural ímihlwá class 4)

  1. termite

Inflection
Class 3/4
Singular Plural
Full form umuhlwa imihlwa
Locative emuhlweni emihlweni
Singular Plural
Full form umuhlwa imihlwa
Simple form muhlwa mihlwa
Locative emuhlweni emihlweni
Copulative ngumuhlwa yimihlwa
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 womuhlwa owomuhlwa wemihlwa owemihlwa
Class 2 bomuhlwa abomuhlwa bemihlwa abemihlwa
Class 3 womuhlwa owomuhlwa wemihlwa owemihlwa
Class 4 yomuhlwa eyomuhlwa yemihlwa eyemihlwa
Class 5 lomuhlwa elomuhlwa lemihlwa elemihlwa
Class 6 omuhlwa awomuhlwa emihlwa awemihlwa
Class 7 somuhlwa esomuhlwa semihlwa esemihlwa
Class 8 zomuhlwa ezomuhlwa zemihlwa ezemihlwa
Class 9 yomuhlwa eyomuhlwa yemihlwa eyemihlwa
Class 10 zomuhlwa ezomuhlwa zemihlwa ezemihlwa
Class 11 lomuhlwa olomuhlwa lwemihlwa olwemihlwa
Class 14 bomuhlwa obomuhlwa bemihlwa obemihlwa
Class 15 komuhlwa okomuhlwa kwemihlwa okwemihlwa
Class 17 komuhlwa okomuhlwa kwemihlwa okwemihlwa

References
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