imvukazi

Zulu

Etymology

From imvu +‎ -kazi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ímvuɠâːzi/

Noun

ímvukâzi class 9 (plural ízimvukâzi class 10)

1. ewe, female sheep

Inflection

Class 9/10
	Singular	Plural
Full form	imvukazi	izimvukazi
Locative	emvukazini	ezimvukazini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	imvukazi		izimvukazi
Simple form	mvukazi		zimvukazi
Locative	emvukazini		ezimvukazini
Copulative	yimvukazi		yizimvukazi
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wemvukazi	owemvukazi	wezimvukazi	owezimvukazi
Class 2	bemvukazi	abemvukazi	bezimvukazi	abezimvukazi
Class 3	wemvukazi	owemvukazi	wezimvukazi	owezimvukazi
Class 4	yemvukazi	eyemvukazi	yezimvukazi	eyezimvukazi
Class 5	lemvukazi	elemvukazi	lezimvukazi	elezimvukazi
Class 6	emvukazi	awemvukazi	ezimvukazi	awezimvukazi
Class 7	semvukazi	esemvukazi	sezimvukazi	esezimvukazi
Class 8	zemvukazi	ezemvukazi	zezimvukazi	ezezimvukazi
Class 9	yemvukazi	eyemvukazi	yezimvukazi	eyezimvukazi
Class 10	zemvukazi	ezemvukazi	zezimvukazi	ezezimvukazi
Class 11	lwemvukazi	olwemvukazi	lwezimvukazi	olwezimvukazi
Class 14	bemvukazi	obemvukazi	bezimvukazi	obezimvukazi
Class 15	kwemvukazi	okwemvukazi	kwezimvukazi	okwezimvukazi
Class 17	kwemvukazi	okwemvukazi	kwezimvukazi	okwezimvukazi

Alternative forms

• icukazi

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-vukazi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-vukazi (2.6.3-8.9)”