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See also: Zulu, zulú, zulù, and żulu

Translingual

Noun

zulu

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Zulu of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

English

Noun

zulu

  1. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Zulu from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Catalan

Adjective

zulu m or f (masculine and feminine plural zulus)

  1. Zulu

Noun

zulu m (plural zulus)

  1. Zulu

Finnish

Etymology

From Zulu uḿZulu.

Pronunciation

Noun

zulu

  1. A Zulu.
  2. The Zulu language.

Declension

Inflection of zulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative zulu zulut
genitive zulun zulujen
partitive zulua zuluja
illative zuluun zuluihin
singular plural
nominative zulu zulut
accusative nom. zulu zulut
gen. zulun
genitive zulun zulujen
partitive zulua zuluja
inessive zulussa zuluissa
elative zulusta zuluista
illative zuluun zuluihin
adessive zululla zuluilla
ablative zululta zuluilta
allative zululle zuluille
essive zuluna zuluina
translative zuluksi zuluiksi
abessive zulutta zuluitta
instructive — zuluin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of zulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative zuluni zuluni
accusative nom. zuluni zuluni
gen. zuluni
genitive zuluni zulujeni
partitive zuluani zulujani
inessive zulussani zuluissani
elative zulustani zuluistani
illative zuluuni zuluihini
adessive zulullani zuluillani
ablative zulultani zuluiltani
allative zululleni zuluilleni
essive zulunani zuluinani
translative zulukseni zuluikseni
abessive zuluttani zuluittani
instructive — —
comitative — zuluineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative zulusi zulusi
accusative nom. zulusi zulusi
gen. zulusi
genitive zulusi zulujesi
partitive zuluasi zulujasi
inessive zulussasi zuluissasi
elative zulustasi zuluistasi
illative zuluusi zuluihisi
adessive zulullasi zuluillasi
ablative zulultasi zuluiltasi
allative zulullesi zuluillesi
essive zulunasi zuluinasi
translative zuluksesi zuluiksesi
abessive zuluttasi zuluittasi
instructive — —
comitative — zuluinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative zulumme zulumme
accusative nom. zulumme zulumme
gen. zulumme
genitive zulumme zulujemme
partitive zuluamme zulujamme
inessive zulussamme zuluissamme
elative zulustamme zuluistamme
illative zuluumme zuluihimme
adessive zulullamme zuluillamme
ablative zulultamme zuluiltamme
allative zulullemme zuluillemme
essive zulunamme zuluinamme
translative zuluksemme zuluiksemme
abessive zuluttamme zuluittamme
instructive — —
comitative — zuluinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative zulunne zulunne
accusative nom. zulunne zulunne
gen. zulunne
genitive zulunne zulujenne
partitive zuluanne zulujanne
inessive zulussanne zuluissanne
elative zulustanne zuluistanne
illative zuluunne zuluihinne
adessive zulullanne zuluillanne
ablative zulultanne zuluiltanne
allative zulullenne zuluillenne
essive zulunanne zuluinanne
translative zuluksenne zuluiksenne
abessive zuluttanne zuluittanne
instructive — —
comitative — zuluinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative zulunsa zulunsa
accusative nom. zulunsa zulunsa
gen. zulunsa
genitive zulunsa zulujensa
partitive zuluaan
zuluansa 		zulujaan
zulujansa
inessive zulussaan
zulussansa 		zuluissaan
zuluissansa
elative zulustaan
zulustansa 		zuluistaan
zuluistansa
illative zuluunsa zuluihinsa
adessive zulullaan
zulullansa 		zuluillaan
zuluillansa
ablative zulultaan
zulultansa 		zuluiltaan
zuluiltansa
allative zululleen
zulullensa 		zuluilleen
zuluillensa
essive zulunaan
zulunansa 		zuluinaan
zuluinansa
translative zulukseen
zuluksensa 		zuluikseen
zuluiksensa
abessive zuluttaan
zuluttansa 		zuluittaan
zuluittansa
instructive — —
comitative — zuluineen
zuluinensa

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Kituba

Noun

zulu

  1. sky

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Zulu.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: zu‧lu

Noun

zulu m or f by sense (plural zulus)

  1. Zulu (individual member of the Zulu people)
  2. Zulu (the Bantu language of the Zulu)

Adjective

zulu m or f (plural zulus, not comparable)

  1. Zulu (pertaining to the Zulu people or culture)
  2. Zulu (pertaining to the Zulu language)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Zulu.

Noun

zulu f (uncountable)

  1. Zulu language

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Zulu. First attested in 1903.

Noun

zulu c

  1. Zulu (individual of that ethnic group)
  2. (uncountable) Zulu (language of said people)

Declension

Declension of zulu 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative zulu zulun zuluer zuluerna
Genitive zulus zuluns zuluers zuluernas

References

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