mnyama
Northern Ndebele
Relative
-mnyama?
Inflection
This relative needs an inflection-table template.
Swahili
Etymology
Originally a reassignment of nyama to an animate class.
Noun
mnyama (m-wa class, plural wanyama)
- animal (organism)
Related terms
Swazi
Relative
-mnyáma
Inflection
This relative needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From umnyama.
Relative
-mnyama?
Inflection
Relative concord | ||||
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Modifier | Copulative | |||
positive | negative | positive | negative | |
1st singular | engimnyama | engingemnyama | ngimnyama | angimnyama |
2nd singular | omnyama | ongemnyama | umnyama | awumnyama |
1st plural | esimnyama | esingemnyama | simnyama | asimnyama |
2nd plural | enimnyama | eningemnyama | nimnyama | animnyama |
Class 1 | omnyama | ongemnyama | umnyama | akamnyama |
Class 2 | abamnyama | abangemnyama | bamnyama | abamnyama |
Class 3 | omnyama | ongemnyama | umnyama | awumnyama |
Class 4 | emnyama | engemnyama | imnyama | ayimnyama |
Class 5 | elimnyama | elingemnyama | limnyama | alimnyama |
Class 6 | amnyama | angemnyama | amnyama | awamnyama |
Class 7 | esimnyama | esingemnyama | simnyama | asimnyama |
Class 8 | ezimnyama | ezingemnyama | zimnyama | azimnyama |
Class 9 | emnyama | engemnyama | imnyama | ayimnyama |
Class 10 | ezimnyama | ezingemnyama | zimnyama | azimnyama |
Class 11 | olumnyama | olungemnyama | lumnyama | alumnyama |
Class 14 | obumnyama | obungemnyama | bumnyama | abumnyama |
Class 15 | okumnyama | okungemnyama | kumnyama | akumnyama |
Class 17 | okumnyama | okungemnyama | kumnyama | akumnyama |
Derived terms
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-mnyama”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-mnyama”