umkhonto

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Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kóndó. Cognate to Chichewa mkondo.

Noun

úḿkhónto class 3 (plural ímíkhónto class 4)

  1. arrow

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kóndó. Cognate to Chichewa mkondo.

Noun

úḿkhónto class 3 (plural ímíkhónto class 4)

  1. spear, assegai

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kóndó. Cognate to Chichewa mkondo.

Pronunciation

Noun

úḿkhónto class 3 (plural ímíkhónto class 4)

  1. spear, assegai

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kóndó. Cognate to Chichewa mkondo.

Pronunciation

Noun

úmkhónto class 3 (plural ímikhónto class 4)

  1. spear, assegai

Inflection

Class 3/4
Singular Plural
Full form umkhonto imikhonto
Locative emkhontweni emikhontweni
Singular Plural
Full form umkhonto imikhonto
Simple form mkhonto mikhonto
Locative emkhontweni emikhontweni
Copulative ngumkhonto yimikhonto
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 womkhonto owomkhonto wemikhonto owemikhonto
Class 2 bomkhonto abomkhonto bemikhonto abemikhonto
Class 3 womkhonto owomkhonto wemikhonto owemikhonto
Class 4 yomkhonto eyomkhonto yemikhonto eyemikhonto
Class 5 lomkhonto elomkhonto lemikhonto elemikhonto
Class 6 omkhonto awomkhonto emikhonto awemikhonto
Class 7 somkhonto esomkhonto semikhonto esemikhonto
Class 8 zomkhonto ezomkhonto zemikhonto ezemikhonto
Class 9 yomkhonto eyomkhonto yemikhonto eyemikhonto
Class 10 zomkhonto ezomkhonto zemikhonto ezemikhonto
Class 11 lomkhonto olomkhonto lwemikhonto olwemikhonto
Class 14 bomkhonto obomkhonto bemikhonto obemikhonto
Class 15 komkhonto okomkhonto kwemikhonto okwemikhonto
Class 17 komkhonto okomkhonto kwemikhonto okwemikhonto

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