ubaba

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Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bààbá.

Noun

úbabá class 1a (plural óbabá class 2a)

  1. father

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bààbá.

Noun

úbabá class 1a (plural ábóbabá class 2a)

  1. father

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Swahili

Etymology

From u- +‎ baba.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ubaba class XI (no plural)

  1. fatherhood, paternity

Coordinate terms

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bààbá.

Pronunciation

Noun

úbabá class 1a (plural ṓbabá class 2a)

  1. my father

Inflection

Class 1a/2a
Singular Plural
Full form ubaba obaba
Locative kubaba kobaba
Singular Plural
Full form ubaba obaba
Simple form baba bobaba
Locative kubaba kobaba
Copulative ngubaba ngobaba
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 kababa okababa wobaba owobaba
Class 2 bakababa abakababa bobaba abobaba
Class 3 kababa okababa wobaba owobaba
Class 4 kababa ekababa yobaba eyobaba
Class 5 likababa elikababa lobaba elobaba
Class 6 kababa akababa obaba awobaba
Class 7 sikababa esikababa sobaba esobaba
Class 8 zikababa ezikababa zobaba ezobaba
Class 9 kababa ekababa yobaba eyobaba
Class 10 zikababa ezikababa zobaba ezobaba
Class 11 lukababa olukababa lobaba olobaba
Class 14 bukababa obukababa bobaba obobaba
Class 15 kukababa okukababa kobaba okobaba
Class 17 kukababa okukababa kobaba okobaba

See also

References

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