lukhuni

Swazi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni [Term?], from Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀kʊ́nì.

Noun

lúkhûni class 11 (plural tínkhûni class 10)

firewood

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Relative

-lúkhûni

hard, difficult

Inflection

This relative needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Relative

-lukhuni^?

stupid, dumb

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From ukhuni.

Relative

-lukhuni^?

hard, rigid, stiff
difficult, complicated

Inflection

Relative concord
	Modifier		Copulative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	engilukhuni	engingelukhuni	ngilukhuni	angilukhuni
2nd singular	olukhuni	ongelukhuni	ulukhuni	awulukhuni
1st plural	esilukhuni	esingelukhuni	silukhuni	asilukhuni
2nd plural	enilukhuni	eningelukhuni	nilukhuni	anilukhuni
Class 1	olukhuni	ongelukhuni	ulukhuni	akalukhuni
Class 2	abalukhuni	abangelukhuni	balukhuni	abalukhuni
Class 3	olukhuni	ongelukhuni	ulukhuni	awulukhuni
Class 4	elukhuni	engelukhuni	ilukhuni	ayilukhuni
Class 5	elilukhuni	elingelukhuni	lilukhuni	alilukhuni
Class 6	alukhuni	angelukhuni	alukhuni	awalukhuni
Class 7	esilukhuni	esingelukhuni	silukhuni	asilukhuni
Class 8	ezilukhuni	ezingelukhuni	zilukhuni	azilukhuni
Class 9	elukhuni	engelukhuni	ilukhuni	ayilukhuni
Class 10	ezilukhuni	ezingelukhuni	zilukhuni	azilukhuni
Class 11	olulukhuni	olungelukhuni	lulukhuni	alulukhuni
Class 14	obulukhuni	obungelukhuni	bulukhuni	abulukhuni
Class 15	okulukhuni	okungelukhuni	kulukhuni	akulukhuni
Class 17	okulukhuni	okungelukhuni	kulukhuni	akulukhuni

References

C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “lukhuni”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “lukhuni”

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