ukufa

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kʊ̀kúa.

Noun

úkufá class 15

1. infinitive of -fa
2. death

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kʊ̀kúa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [úkuːfá]

Noun

úkufá class 15

1. infinitive of -fa
2. death

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kʊ̀kúa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úɠuːfá/

Noun

úkufá class 15

1. infinitive of -fa
2. death

Inflection

Class 15 (locative ekufeni)

	singular		plural
full form	ukufa		—
simple form	kufa		—
locative	ekufeni		—
copulative	ngukufa		—
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	wokufa	owokufa	—	—
class 2	bokufa	abokufa	—	—
class 3	wokufa	owokufa	—	—
class 4	yokufa	eyokufa	—	—
class 5	lokufa	elokufa	—	—
class 6	okufa	awokufa	—	—
class 7	sokufa	esokufa	—	—
class 8	zokufa	ezokufa	—	—
class 9	yokufa	eyokufa	—	—
class 10	zokufa	ezokufa	—	—
class 11	lokufa	olokufa	—	—
class 14	bokufa	obokufa	—	—
class 15	kokufa	okokufa	—	—
class 17	kokufa	okokufa	—	—

References

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