umkhomo

Zulu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uḿ̩kʰoːmó/

Noun

uḿkhomó class 3 (plural imíkhomó class 4)

1. whale

Inflection

Class 3/4
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umkhomo	imikhomo
Locative	emkhonyeni	emikhonyeni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	umkhomo		imikhomo
Simple form	mkhomo		mikhomo
Locative	emkhonyeni		emikhonyeni
Copulative	ngumkhomo		yimikhomo
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	womkhomo	owomkhomo	wemikhomo	owemikhomo
Class 2	bomkhomo	abomkhomo	bemikhomo	abemikhomo
Class 3	womkhomo	owomkhomo	wemikhomo	owemikhomo
Class 4	yomkhomo	eyomkhomo	yemikhomo	eyemikhomo
Class 5	lomkhomo	elomkhomo	lemikhomo	elemikhomo
Class 6	omkhomo	awomkhomo	emikhomo	awemikhomo
Class 7	somkhomo	esomkhomo	semikhomo	esemikhomo
Class 8	zomkhomo	ezomkhomo	zemikhomo	ezemikhomo
Class 9	yomkhomo	eyomkhomo	yemikhomo	eyemikhomo
Class 10	zomkhomo	ezomkhomo	zemikhomo	ezemikhomo
Class 11	lomkhomo	olomkhomo	lwemikhomo	olwemikhomo
Class 14	bomkhomo	obomkhomo	bemikhomo	obemikhomo
Class 15	komkhomo	okomkhomo	kwemikhomo	okwemikhomo
Class 17	komkhomo	okomkhomo	kwemikhomo	okwemikhomo

Derived terms

• umkhomazi

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-khomo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khomo (3.2.6.3)”