umkhawulo

Zulu

Etymology

From umu- +‎ -khawula +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uḿ̩kʰawúːlo/

Noun

uḿkhawúlo class 3 (plural imíkhawúlo class 4)

1. boundary, limit, frontier

Inflection

Class 3/4
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umkhawulo	imikhawulo
Locative	emkhawulweni	emikhawulweni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	umkhawulo		imikhawulo
Simple form	mkhawulo		mikhawulo
Locative	emkhawulweni		emikhawulweni
Copulative	ngumkhawulo		yimikhawulo
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	womkhawulo	owomkhawulo	wemikhawulo	owemikhawulo
Class 2	bomkhawulo	abomkhawulo	bemikhawulo	abemikhawulo
Class 3	womkhawulo	owomkhawulo	wemikhawulo	owemikhawulo
Class 4	yomkhawulo	eyomkhawulo	yemikhawulo	eyemikhawulo
Class 5	lomkhawulo	elomkhawulo	lemikhawulo	elemikhawulo
Class 6	omkhawulo	awomkhawulo	emikhawulo	awemikhawulo
Class 7	somkhawulo	esomkhawulo	semikhawulo	esemikhawulo
Class 8	zomkhawulo	ezomkhawulo	zemikhawulo	ezemikhawulo
Class 9	yomkhawulo	eyomkhawulo	yemikhawulo	eyemikhawulo
Class 10	zomkhawulo	ezomkhawulo	zemikhawulo	ezemikhawulo
Class 11	lomkhawulo	olomkhawulo	lwemikhawulo	olwemikhawulo
Class 14	bomkhawulo	obomkhawulo	bemikhawulo	obemikhawulo
Class 15	komkhawulo	okomkhawulo	kwemikhawulo	okwemikhawulo
Class 17	komkhawulo	okomkhawulo	kwemikhawulo	okwemikhawulo

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-khawulo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khawulo (3.2.6.3.9)”