uhele

Zulu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ûːhêːle/

Noun

ûhêle class 11 (plural ízihêle class 10)

1. hawk

Inflection

Class 11/10
	Singular	Plural
Full form	uhele	izihele
Locative	oheleni	eziheleni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	uhele		izihele
Simple form	luhele		zihele
Locative	oheleni		eziheleni
Copulative	wuhele		yizihele
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wohele	owohele	wezihele	owezihele
Class 2	bohele	abohele	bezihele	abezihele
Class 3	wohele	owohele	wezihele	owezihele
Class 4	yohele	eyohele	yezihele	eyezihele
Class 5	lohele	elohele	lezihele	elezihele
Class 6	ohele	awohele	ezihele	awezihele
Class 7	sohele	esohele	sezihele	esezihele
Class 8	zohele	ezohele	zezihele	ezezihele
Class 9	yohele	eyohele	yezihele	eyezihele
Class 10	zohele	ezohele	zezihele	ezezihele
Class 11	lohele	olohele	lwezihele	olwezihele
Class 14	bohele	obohele	bezihele	obezihele
Class 15	kohele	okohele	kwezihele	okwezihele
Class 17	kohele	okohele	kwezihele	okwezihele

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-hele”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-hele (2.4.3-8.9)”