intaba

Northern Ndebele

Noun

íntaba class 9 (plural ízíntâba class 10)

1. mountain

Inflection

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Southern Ndebele

Noun

íntaba class 9 (plural iíntaba class 10)

1. mountain

Inflection

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Xhosa

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [íⁿtaːɓa]
• IPA^(key): [íintaba]

Noun

íntaba class 9 (plural iíntaba class 10)

1. mountain
2. mountains

Inflection

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Zulu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /íntaːɓa/

Noun

íntaba class 9 (plural izintâba class 10)

1. mountain, hill

Inflection

Class 9/10
	Singular	Plural
Full form	intaba	izintaba
Locative	entabeni	ezintabeni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	intaba		izintaba
Simple form	ntaba		zintaba
Locative	entabeni		ezintabeni
Copulative	yintaba		yizintaba
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wentaba	owentaba	wezintaba	owezintaba
Class 2	bentaba	abentaba	bezintaba	abezintaba
Class 3	wentaba	owentaba	wezintaba	owezintaba
Class 4	yentaba	eyentaba	yezintaba	eyezintaba
Class 5	lentaba	elentaba	lezintaba	elezintaba
Class 6	entaba	awentaba	ezintaba	awezintaba
Class 7	sentaba	esentaba	sezintaba	esezintaba
Class 8	zentaba	ezentaba	zezintaba	ezezintaba
Class 9	yentaba	eyentaba	yezintaba	eyezintaba
Class 10	zentaba	ezentaba	zezintaba	ezezintaba
Class 11	lwentaba	olwentaba	lwezintaba	olwezintaba
Class 14	bentaba	obentaba	bezintaba	obezintaba
Class 15	kwentaba	okwentaba	kwezintaba	okwezintaba
Class 17	kwentaba	okwentaba	kwezintaba	okwezintaba

Derived terms

• intabamlilo

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ntaɓa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ntaɓa (2.9.9)”