iphoyisa

Zulu

Etymology

Borrowed from English police.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /îːpʰójiːsá/

Noun

îphóyisá class 5 (plural ámaphóyisá class 6)

1. police officer

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	iphoyisa	amaphoyisa
Locative	ephoyiseni	emaphoyiseni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	iphoyisa		amaphoyisa
Simple form	liphoyisa		maphoyisa
Locative	ephoyiseni		emaphoyiseni
Copulative	yiphoyisa		ngamaphoyisa
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wephoyisa	owephoyisa	wamaphoyisa	owamaphoyisa
Class 2	bephoyisa	abephoyisa	bamaphoyisa	abamaphoyisa
Class 3	wephoyisa	owephoyisa	wamaphoyisa	owamaphoyisa
Class 4	yephoyisa	eyephoyisa	yamaphoyisa	eyamaphoyisa
Class 5	lephoyisa	elephoyisa	lamaphoyisa	elamaphoyisa
Class 6	ephoyisa	awephoyisa	amaphoyisa	awamaphoyisa
Class 7	sephoyisa	esephoyisa	samaphoyisa	esamaphoyisa
Class 8	zephoyisa	ezephoyisa	zamaphoyisa	ezamaphoyisa
Class 9	yephoyisa	eyephoyisa	yamaphoyisa	eyamaphoyisa
Class 10	zephoyisa	ezephoyisa	zamaphoyisa	ezamaphoyisa
Class 11	lwephoyisa	olwephoyisa	lwamaphoyisa	olwamaphoyisa
Class 14	bephoyisa	obephoyisa	bamaphoyisa	obamaphoyisa
Class 15	kwephoyisa	okwephoyisa	kwamaphoyisa	okwamaphoyisa
Class 17	kwephoyisa	okwephoyisa	kwamaphoyisa	okwamaphoyisa

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-phoyisa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-phoyisa (2.4.3.6.3)”