imvubu

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *ímvubú, from Proto-Bantu *ǹgùbʊ́.

Noun

imvubu^? class 9 (plural izimvubu class 10)

1. hippopotamus

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *ímvubú, from Proto-Bantu *ǹgùbʊ́.

Noun

ímvubú class 9 (plural tímvubú class 10)

1. hippopotamus

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *ímvubú, Proto-Bantu *ǹgùbʊ́.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [íᶬb̪̊vṳːɓú]

Noun

ímvubú class 9 (plural íimvubú class 10)

1. hippopotamus

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *ímvubú, from Proto-Bantu *ǹgùbʊ́.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ímvuːɓú/

Noun

ímvubú class 9 (plural izímvubú class 10)

1. hippopotamus
2. sjambok

Inflection

Class 9/10
	Singular	Plural
Full form	imvubu	izimvubu
Locative	emvutshini	ezimvutshini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	imvubu		izimvubu
Simple form	mvubu		zimvubu
Locative	emvutshini		ezimvutshini
Copulative	yimvubu		yizimvubu
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wemvubu	owemvubu	wezimvubu	owezimvubu
Class 2	bemvubu	abemvubu	bezimvubu	abezimvubu
Class 3	wemvubu	owemvubu	wezimvubu	owezimvubu
Class 4	yemvubu	eyemvubu	yezimvubu	eyezimvubu
Class 5	lemvubu	elemvubu	lezimvubu	elezimvubu
Class 6	emvubu	awemvubu	ezimvubu	awezimvubu
Class 7	semvubu	esemvubu	sezimvubu	esezimvubu
Class 8	zemvubu	ezemvubu	zezimvubu	ezezimvubu
Class 9	yemvubu	eyemvubu	yezimvubu	eyezimvubu
Class 10	zemvubu	ezemvubu	zezimvubu	ezezimvubu
Class 11	lwemvubu	olwemvubu	lwezimvubu	olwezimvubu
Class 14	bemvubu	obemvubu	bezimvubu	obezimvubu
Class 15	kwemvubu	okwemvubu	kwezimvubu	okwezimvubu
Class 17	kwemvubu	okwemvubu	kwezimvubu	okwezimvubu

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-vuɓu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-vuɓu (2.6.3)”