inyama

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Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.

Noun

ínyama class 9 (plural ízínyâma class 10)

  1. meat, flesh

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.

Noun

ínyama class 9 (plural tínyama class 10)

  1. meat, flesh

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.

Noun

inyama class 9 (plural inyama class 10)

  1. meat

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.

Noun

ínyama class 9 (plural iínyama class 10)

  1. meat, flesh

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.

Noun

ínyama class 9 (plural tínyama class 10)

  1. meat, flesh

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.

Pronunciation

Noun

ínyama class 9 (plural íinyama class 10)

  1. meat, flesh

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.

Pronunciation

Noun

ínyama class 9 (plural izinyâma class 10)

  1. meat, flesh
  2. skin (of a human)
    Synonym: isikhumba

Inflection

Class 9/10
Singular Plural
Full form inyama inyama
Locative enyameni enyameni
Singular Plural
Full form inyama inyama
Simple form nyama nyama
Locative enyameni enyameni
Copulative yinyama yinyama
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 wenyama owenyama wenyama owenyama
Class 2 benyama abenyama benyama abenyama
Class 3 wenyama owenyama wenyama owenyama
Class 4 yenyama eyenyama yenyama eyenyama
Class 5 lenyama elenyama lenyama elenyama
Class 6 enyama awenyama enyama awenyama
Class 7 senyama esenyama senyama esenyama
Class 8 zenyama ezenyama zenyama ezenyama
Class 9 yenyama eyenyama yenyama eyenyama
Class 10 zenyama ezenyama zenyama ezenyama
Class 11 lwenyama olwenyama lwenyama olwenyama
Class 14 benyama obenyama benyama obenyama
Class 15 kwenyama okwenyama kwenyama okwenyama
Class 17 kwenyama okwenyama kwenyama okwenyama

References

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