uNgulazibuya

Zulu

Etymology

This is a compound word whose second half is izibuya, plural of isibuya (“threshing ground, enclosed yard”). Doke and Vilakazi say that the first part is a contraction of -gulula (“sweep off, skim off, scrape off”), meaning the name of this month refers to sweeping the yard. Bryant says that the first part is the verb -ngula (“remove surface scum”). Faye says the first part is the verb -gula (“be sick”), referring to the time of year when the cattle are satiated, wanting to lie down, and appearing sick.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /únɡulaziɓûːja/

Noun

úNgulazibûya class 1a (plural ôNgulazibûya class 2a)

1. the tenth month of the Zulu lunar calendar, beginning with the new moon at the end of March

Inflection

Class 1a/2a
	Singular	Plural
Full form	uNgulazibuya	oNgulazibuya
Locative	kuNgulazibuya	koNgulazibuya
	Singular		Plural
Full form	uNgulazibuya		oNgulazibuya
Simple form	Ngulazibuya		boNgulazibuya
Locative	kuNgulazibuya		koNgulazibuya
Copulative	nguNgulazibuya		ngoNgulazibuya
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	kaNgulazibuya	okaNgulazibuya	woNgulazibuya	owoNgulazibuya
Class 2	bakaNgulazibuya	abakaNgulazibuya	boNgulazibuya	aboNgulazibuya
Class 3	kaNgulazibuya	okaNgulazibuya	woNgulazibuya	owoNgulazibuya
Class 4	kaNgulazibuya	ekaNgulazibuya	yoNgulazibuya	eyoNgulazibuya
Class 5	likaNgulazibuya	elikaNgulazibuya	loNgulazibuya	eloNgulazibuya
Class 6	kaNgulazibuya	akaNgulazibuya	oNgulazibuya	awoNgulazibuya
Class 7	sikaNgulazibuya	esikaNgulazibuya	soNgulazibuya	esoNgulazibuya
Class 8	zikaNgulazibuya	ezikaNgulazibuya	zoNgulazibuya	ezoNgulazibuya
Class 9	kaNgulazibuya	ekaNgulazibuya	yoNgulazibuya	eyoNgulazibuya
Class 10	zikaNgulazibuya	ezikaNgulazibuya	zoNgulazibuya	ezoNgulazibuya
Class 11	lukaNgulazibuya	olukaNgulazibuya	loNgulazibuya	oloNgulazibuya
Class 14	bukaNgulazibuya	obukaNgulazibuya	boNgulazibuya	oboNgulazibuya
Class 15	kukaNgulazibuya	okukaNgulazibuya	koNgulazibuya	okoNgulazibuya
Class 17	kukaNgulazibuya	okukaNgulazibuya	koNgulazibuya	okoNgulazibuya

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ngulaziɓuya”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ngulaziɓuya (2.6.6.6.3-8.9)”
• Koopman, Adrian (2002) Andrea Nattrass, editor, Zulu Names, Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press