umhlophe

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Zulu

Etymology

Possibly related to Khwe tcùu-pɛ̀ (“white/pink bauhinia”).

Pronunciation

Noun

úmhlôphe class 3 (plural ímihlôphe class 4)

  1. white beast
  2. white of the eyes

Inflection

Class 3/4 (locative emhlopheni)
singular plural
full form umhlophe imihlophe
simple form mhlophe mihlophe
locative emhlopheni emihlopheni
copulative ngumhlophe yimihlophe
Possessive forms
singular plural
modifier substantive modifier substantive
class 1 womhlophe owomhlophe wemihlophe owemihlophe
class 2 bomhlophe abomhlophe bemihlophe abemihlophe
class 3 womhlophe owomhlophe wemihlophe owemihlophe
class 4 yomhlophe eyomhlophe yemihlophe eyemihlophe
class 5 lomhlophe elomhlophe lemihlophe elemihlophe
class 6 omhlophe awomhlophe emihlophe awemihlophe
class 7 somhlophe esomhlophe semihlophe esemihlophe
class 8 zomhlophe ezomhlophe zemihlophe ezemihlophe
class 9 yomhlophe eyomhlophe yemihlophe eyemihlophe
class 10 zomhlophe ezomhlophe zemihlophe ezemihlophe
class 11 lomhlophe olomhlophe lwemihlophe olwemihlophe
class 14 bomhlophe obomhlophe bemihlophe obemihlophe
class 15 komhlophe okomhlophe kwemihlophe okwemihlophe
class 17 komhlophe okomhlophe kwemihlophe okwemihlophe

Derived terms

References

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