thathu

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.

Adjective

-thâthu

1. three

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʰâːtʰu]

Adjective

-thâthu

1. three

Inflection

Adjective concord, tone HH
	Modifier		Copulative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	endimthathu	endingemthathu	ndimthathu	andimthathu
2nd singular	omthathu	ongemthathu	umthathu	awumthathu
1st plural	esibathathu	esingebathathu	sibathathu	asibathathu
2nd plural	enibathathu	eningebathathu	nibathathu	anibathathu
Class 1	omthathu	ongemthathu	mthathu	akamthathu
Class 2	abathathu	abangebathathu	bathathu	ababathathu
Class 3	omthathu	ongemthathu	mthathu	awumthathu
Class 4	emithathu	engemithathu	mithathu	ayimithathu
Class 5	elithathu	elingelithathu	lithathu	alilithathu
Class 6	amathathu	angemathathu	mathathu	awamathathu
Class 7	esithathu	esingesithathu	sithathu	asisithathu
Class 8	ezintathu	ezingezintathu	zintathu	azizintathu
Class 9	entathu	engentathu	intathu	ayiyintathu
Class 10	ezintathu	ezingezintathu	zintathu	azizintathu
Class 11	oluthathu	olungeluthathu	luthathu	aluluthathu
Class 14	obuthathu	obungebuthathu	buthathu	abubuthathu
Class 15	okuthathu	okungekuthathu	kuthathu	akukuthathu
Class 17	okuthathu	okungekuthathu	kuthathu	akukuthathu

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Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰâːtʰu/

Adjective

-thâthu

1. three

Inflection

Adjective concord, tone HH
	Modifier		Copulative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	engimthathu	engingemthathu	ngimthathu	angimthathu
2nd singular	omthathu	ongemthathu	umthathu	awumthathu
1st plural	esibathathu	esingebathathu	sibathathu	asibathathu
2nd plural	enibathathu	eningebathathu	nibathathu	anibathathu
Class 1	omthathu	ongemthathu	mthathu	akamthathu
Class 2	abathathu	abangebathathu	bathathu	ababathathu
Class 3	omthathu	ongemthathu	mthathu	awumthathu
Class 4	emithathu	engemithathu	mithathu	ayimithathu
Class 5	elithathu	elingelithathu	lithathu	alilithathu
Class 6	amathathu	angemathathu	mathathu	awamathathu
Class 7	esithathu	esingesithathu	sithathu	asisithathu
Class 8	ezintathu	ezingezintathu	zintathu	azizintathu
Class 9	entathu	engentathu, engeyintathu	intathu, yintathu	ayiyintathu
Class 10	ezintathu	ezingezintathu	zintathu	azizintathu
Class 11	oluthathu	olungeluthathu	luthathu	aluluthathu
Class 14	obuthathu	obungebuthathu	buthathu	abubuthathu
Class 15	okuthathu	okungekuthathu	kuthathu	akukuthathu
Class 17	okuthathu	okungekuthathu	kuthathu	akukuthathu

Derived terms

• isithathu

References

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