umabo

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Zulu

Etymology

From umu- +‎ -aba +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

Noun

umábo class 1 (plural imábo class 2)

  1. distribution of wedding gifts from the bride to the bridegroom's people

Inflection

Class 3/4
Singular Plural
Full form umabo imabo
Locative ematsheni ematsheni
Singular Plural
Full form umabo imabo
Simple form mabo mabo
Locative ematsheni ematsheni
Copulative ngumabo yimabo
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 womabo owomabo wemabo owemabo
Class 2 bomabo abomabo bemabo abemabo
Class 3 womabo owomabo wemabo owemabo
Class 4 yomabo eyomabo yemabo eyemabo
Class 5 lomabo elomabo lemabo elemabo
Class 6 omabo awomabo emabo awemabo
Class 7 somabo esomabo semabo esemabo
Class 8 zomabo ezomabo zemabo ezemabo
Class 9 yomabo eyomabo yemabo eyemabo
Class 10 zomabo ezomabo zemabo ezemabo
Class 11 lomabo olomabo lwemabo olwemabo
Class 14 bomabo obomabo bemabo obemabo
Class 15 komabo okomabo kwemabo okwemabo
Class 17 komabo okomabo kwemabo okwemabo

References

Wikious
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