uLwesibili

Zulu

Etymology

From u- +‎ lwa- +‎ isibili, literally "the second one", referring to usuku "day".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úlwesíɓiːlí/

Noun

úLwesíbilí class 1a

1. Tuesday

Inflection

Class 1a (locative kuLwesibili)

	singular		plural
full form	uLwesibili		—
simple form	Lwesibili		—
locative	kuLwesibili		—
copulative	nguLwesibili		—
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	kaLwesibili	okaLwesibili	—	—
class 2	bakaLwesibili	abakaLwesibili	—	—
class 3	kaLwesibili	okaLwesibili	—	—
class 4	kaLwesibili	ekaLwesibili	—	—
class 5	likaLwesibili	elikaLwesibili	—	—
class 6	kaLwesibili	akaLwesibili	—	—
class 7	sikaLwesibili	esikaLwesibili	—	—
class 8	zikaLwesibili	ezikaLwesibili	—	—
class 9	kaLwesibili	ekaLwesibili	—	—
class 10	zikaLwesibili	ezikaLwesibili	—	—
class 11	lukaLwesibili	olukaLwesibili	—	—
class 14	bukaLwesibili	obukaLwesibili	—	—
class 15	kukaLwesibili	okukaLwesibili	—	—
class 17	kukaLwesibili	okukaLwesibili	—	—

See also

• days of the week: usuku lwesonto (appendix): uMsombuluko · uLwesibili · uLwesithathu · uLwesine · uLwesihlanu · uMgqibelo · iSonto ^[edit]

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-lwesiɓili”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-lwesiɓili (2.6.3.3-5.4)”