ikhishi

Zulu

Etymology

Borrowed from English kitchen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /íːkʰiːʃi/

Noun

ī́khishi class 5 (plural amákhishi class 6)

1. kitchen

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ikhishi	amakhishi
Locative	ekhishini	emakhishini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ikhishi		amakhishi
Simple form	likhishi		makhishi
Locative	ekhishini		emakhishini
Copulative	yikhishi		ngamakhishi
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wekhishi	owekhishi	wamakhishi	owamakhishi
Class 2	bekhishi	abekhishi	bamakhishi	abamakhishi
Class 3	wekhishi	owekhishi	wamakhishi	owamakhishi
Class 4	yekhishi	eyekhishi	yamakhishi	eyamakhishi
Class 5	lekhishi	elekhishi	lamakhishi	elamakhishi
Class 6	ekhishi	awekhishi	amakhishi	awamakhishi
Class 7	sekhishi	esekhishi	samakhishi	esamakhishi
Class 8	zekhishi	ezekhishi	zamakhishi	ezamakhishi
Class 9	yekhishi	eyekhishi	yamakhishi	eyamakhishi
Class 10	zekhishi	ezekhishi	zamakhishi	ezamakhishi
Class 11	lwekhishi	olwekhishi	lwamakhishi	olwamakhishi
Class 14	bekhishi	obekhishi	bamakhishi	obamakhishi
Class 15	kwekhishi	okwekhishi	kwamakhishi	okwamakhishi
Class 17	kwekhishi	okwekhishi	kwamakhishi	okwamakhishi

References

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