umhlanga

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word umhlanga. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word umhlanga, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say umhlanga in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word umhlanga you have here. The definition of the word umhlanga will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofumhlanga, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìcèngà.

Pronunciation

Noun

uḿhlanga class 3 (plural imíhlanga class 4)

  1. reed

Inflection

Class 3/4
Singular Plural
Full form umhlanga imihlanga
Locative emhlangeni emihlangeni
Singular Plural
Full form umhlanga imihlanga
Simple form mhlanga mihlanga
Locative emhlangeni emihlangeni
Copulative ngumhlanga yimihlanga
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 womhlanga owomhlanga wemihlanga owemihlanga
Class 2 bomhlanga abomhlanga bemihlanga abemihlanga
Class 3 womhlanga owomhlanga wemihlanga owemihlanga
Class 4 yomhlanga eyomhlanga yemihlanga eyemihlanga
Class 5 lomhlanga elomhlanga lemihlanga elemihlanga
Class 6 omhlanga awomhlanga emihlanga awemihlanga
Class 7 somhlanga esomhlanga semihlanga esemihlanga
Class 8 zomhlanga ezomhlanga zemihlanga ezemihlanga
Class 9 yomhlanga eyomhlanga yemihlanga eyemihlanga
Class 10 zomhlanga ezomhlanga zemihlanga ezemihlanga
Class 11 lomhlanga olomhlanga lwemihlanga olwemihlanga
Class 14 bomhlanga obomhlanga bemihlanga obemihlanga
Class 15 komhlanga okomhlanga kwemihlanga okwemihlanga
Class 17 komhlanga okomhlanga kwemihlanga okwemihlanga

References

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia