umlomo

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dòmò.

Noun

úḿlomo class 3 (plural ímílomo class 4)

1. mouth

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dòmò.

Noun

úḿlomo class 3 (plural ímílomo class 4)

1. mouth

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dòmò.

Noun

úḿlomo class 3 (plural ímílomo class 4)

1. mouth

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dòmò.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [úḿ̩loːmo]

Noun

úḿlomo class 3 (plural ímílomo class 4)

1. mouth

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dòmò.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uḿ̩loːmo/

Noun

uḿlomo class 3 (plural imílomo class 4)

1. mouth
2. opening, entrance
3. mouthpiece, spokesman

Inflection

Class 3/4
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umlomo	imilomo
Locative	emlonyeni	emilonyeni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	umlomo		imilomo
Simple form	mlomo		milomo
Locative	emlonyeni		emilonyeni
Copulative	ngumlomo		yimilomo
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	womlomo	owomlomo	wemilomo	owemilomo
Class 2	bomlomo	abomlomo	bemilomo	abemilomo
Class 3	womlomo	owomlomo	wemilomo	owemilomo
Class 4	yomlomo	eyomlomo	yemilomo	eyemilomo
Class 5	lomlomo	elomlomo	lemilomo	elemilomo
Class 6	omlomo	awomlomo	emilomo	awemilomo
Class 7	somlomo	esomlomo	semilomo	esemilomo
Class 8	zomlomo	ezomlomo	zemilomo	ezemilomo
Class 9	yomlomo	eyomlomo	yemilomo	eyemilomo
Class 10	zomlomo	ezomlomo	zemilomo	ezemilomo
Class 11	lomlomo	olomlomo	lwemilomo	olwemilomo
Class 14	bomlomo	obomlomo	bemilomo	obemilomo
Class 15	komlomo	okomlomo	kwemilomo	okwemilomo
Class 17	komlomo	okomlomo	kwemilomo	okwemilomo

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-lomo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-lomo (3.2.9.9)”