umabo

Zulu

Etymology

From umu- +‎ -aba +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /umáːɓo/

Noun

umábo class 1 (plural imábo class 2)

1. distribution of wedding gifts from the bride to the bridegroom's people

Inflection

Class 3/4
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umabo	imabo
Locative	ematsheni	ematsheni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	umabo		imabo
Simple form	mabo		mabo
Locative	ematsheni		ematsheni
Copulative	ngumabo		yimabo
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	womabo	owomabo	wemabo	owemabo
Class 2	bomabo	abomabo	bemabo	abemabo
Class 3	womabo	owomabo	wemabo	owemabo
Class 4	yomabo	eyomabo	yemabo	eyemabo
Class 5	lomabo	elomabo	lemabo	elemabo
Class 6	omabo	awomabo	emabo	awemabo
Class 7	somabo	esomabo	semabo	esemabo
Class 8	zomabo	ezomabo	zemabo	ezemabo
Class 9	yomabo	eyomabo	yemabo	eyemabo
Class 10	zomabo	ezomabo	zemabo	ezemabo
Class 11	lomabo	olomabo	lwemabo	olwemabo
Class 14	bomabo	obomabo	bemabo	obemabo
Class 15	komabo	okomabo	kwemabo	okwemabo
Class 17	komabo	okomabo	kwemabo	okwemabo

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “aɓo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “aɓo (3.2.9)”