khulu
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?], from Proto-Bantu *-kʊ́dʊ́.
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?], from Proto-Bantu *-kʊ́dʊ́.
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?], from Proto-Bantu *-kʊ́dʊ́.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʰûːlu]
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?], from Proto-Bantu *-kʊ́dʊ́.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰûːlu/
Inflection
| Adjective concord, tone class HH | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modifier | Copulative | |||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | |
| 1st singular | engimkhulu | engingemkhulu | ngimkhulu | angimkhulu |
| 2nd singular | omkhulu | ongemkhulu | umkhulu | awumkhulu |
| 1st plural | esibakhulu | esingebakhulu | sibakhulu | asibakhulu |
| 2nd plural | enibakhulu | eningebakhulu | nibakhulu | anibakhulu |
| Class 1 | omkhulu | ongemkhulu | mkhulu | akamkhulu |
| Class 2 | abakhulu | abangebakhulu | bakhulu | ababakhulu |
| Class 3 | omkhulu | ongemkhulu | mkhulu | awumkhulu |
| Class 4 | emikhulu | engemikhulu | mikhulu | ayimikhulu |
| Class 5 | elikhulu | elingelikhulu | likhulu | alilikhulu |
| Class 6 | amakhulu | angemakhulu | makhulu | awamakhulu |
| Class 7 | esikhulu | esingesikhulu | sikhulu | asisikhulu |
| Class 8 | ezinkulu | ezingezinkulu | zinkulu | azizinkulu |
| Class 9 | enkulu | engenkulu, engeyinkulu | inkulu, yinkulu | ayiyinkulu |
| Class 10 | ezinkulu | ezingezinkulu | zinkulu | azizinkulu |
| Class 11 | olukhulu | olungelukhulu | lukhulu | alulukhulu |
| Class 14 | obukhulu | obungebukhulu | bukhulu | abubukhulu |
| Class 15 | okukhulu | okungekukhulu | kukhulu | akukukhulu |
| Class 17 | okukhulu | okungekukhulu | kukhulu | akukukhulu |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-khulu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khulu”
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