izambane

Zulu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːzámbaːne/

Noun

īzámbane class 5 (plural amazámbane class 6)

1. potato; either
   1. regular potato (Solanum tuberosum)
   2. native potato (Coleus rotundifolius, syn. Plectranthus rotundifolius)

Inflection

Class 5/6 (locative ezambaneni)

	singular		plural
full form	izambane		amazambane
simple form	lizambane		mazambane
locative	ezambaneni		emazambaneni
copulative	yizambane		ngamazambane
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	wezambane	owezambane	wamazambane	owamazambane
class 2	bezambane	abezambane	bamazambane	abamazambane
class 3	wezambane	owezambane	wamazambane	owamazambane
class 4	yezambane	eyezambane	yamazambane	eyamazambane
class 5	lezambane	elezambane	lamazambane	elamazambane
class 6	ezambane	awezambane	amazambane	awamazambane
class 7	sezambane	esezambane	samazambane	esamazambane
class 8	zezambane	ezezambane	zamazambane	ezamazambane
class 9	yezambane	eyezambane	yamazambane	eyamazambane
class 10	zezambane	ezezambane	zamazambane	ezamazambane
class 11	lwezambane	olwezambane	lwamazambane	olwamazambane
class 14	bezambane	obezambane	bamazambane	obamazambane
class 15	kwezambane	okwezambane	kwamazambane	okwamazambane
class 17	kwezambane	okwezambane	kwamazambane	okwamazambane

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-zambane”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-zambane (6.6.3.9.9)”