umkhaya

Swazi

Etymology

From umu- +‎ likhaya.

Noun

úḿkhâya class 3

1. person from home
2. family members

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From umu- +‎ ikhaya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úm̩kʰâːja/

Noun

úmkhâya class 3

1. family members

Inflection

Class 3 (locative emkhayeni)

	singular		plural
full form	umkhaya		—
simple form	mkhaya		—
locative	emkhayeni		—
copulative	ngumkhaya		—
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	womkhaya	owomkhaya	—	—
class 2	bomkhaya	abomkhaya	—	—
class 3	womkhaya	owomkhaya	—	—
class 4	yomkhaya	eyomkhaya	—	—
class 5	lomkhaya	elomkhaya	—	—
class 6	omkhaya	awomkhaya	—	—
class 7	somkhaya	esomkhaya	—	—
class 8	zomkhaya	ezomkhaya	—	—
class 9	yomkhaya	eyomkhaya	—	—
class 10	zomkhaya	ezomkhaya	—	—
class 11	lomkhaya	olomkhaya	—	—
class 14	bomkhaya	obomkhaya	—	—
class 15	komkhaya	okomkhaya	—	—
class 17	komkhaya	okomkhaya	—	—

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-khaya”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khaya (2.6.3-8.9)”