intombazane

Zulu

Etymology

From intombi +‎ -azi +‎ -ane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /íntombazâːne/

Noun

íntombazâne class 9 (plural amántombazâne class 6)

1. young girl
2. unmarried girl

Inflection

Class 9/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	intombazane	amantombazane
Locative	entombazaneni	emantombazaneni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	intombazane		amantombazane
Simple form	ntombazane		mantombazane
Locative	entombazaneni		emantombazaneni
Copulative	yintombazane		ngamantombazane
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wentombazane	owentombazane	wamantombazane	owamantombazane
Class 2	bentombazane	abentombazane	bamantombazane	abamantombazane
Class 3	wentombazane	owentombazane	wamantombazane	owamantombazane
Class 4	yentombazane	eyentombazane	yamantombazane	eyamantombazane
Class 5	lentombazane	elentombazane	lamantombazane	elamantombazane
Class 6	entombazane	awentombazane	amantombazane	awamantombazane
Class 7	sentombazane	esentombazane	samantombazane	esamantombazane
Class 8	zentombazane	ezentombazane	zamantombazane	ezamantombazane
Class 9	yentombazane	eyentombazane	yamantombazane	eyamantombazane
Class 10	zentombazane	ezentombazane	zamantombazane	ezamantombazane
Class 11	lwentombazane	olwentombazane	lwamantombazane	olwamantombazane
Class 14	bentombazane	obentombazane	bamantombazane	obamantombazane
Class 15	kwentombazane	okwentombazane	kwamantombazane	okwamantombazane
Class 17	kwentombazane	okwentombazane	kwamantombazane	okwamantombazane

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ntombazana(e)”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ntombazana(e) (2.6.6.3-8.9)”