umnenke

Zulu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uḿ̩neːnke/

Noun

uḿnenke class 3 (plural imínenke class 4)

1. snail

Inflection

Class 3/4 (locative emnenkeni)

	singular		plural
full form	umnenke		iminenke
simple form	mnenke		minenke
locative	emnenkeni		eminenkeni
copulative	ngumnenke		yiminenke
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	womnenke	owomnenke	weminenke	oweminenke
class 2	bomnenke	abomnenke	beminenke	abeminenke
class 3	womnenke	owomnenke	weminenke	oweminenke
class 4	yomnenke	eyomnenke	yeminenke	eyeminenke
class 5	lomnenke	elomnenke	leminenke	eleminenke
class 6	omnenke	awomnenke	eminenke	aweminenke
class 7	somnenke	esomnenke	seminenke	eseminenke
class 8	zomnenke	ezomnenke	zeminenke	ezeminenke
class 9	yomnenke	eyomnenke	yeminenke	eyeminenke
class 10	zomnenke	ezomnenke	zeminenke	ezeminenke
class 11	lomnenke	olomnenke	lweminenke	olweminenke
class 14	bomnenke	obomnenke	beminenke	obeminenke
class 15	komnenke	okomnenke	kweminenke	okweminenke
class 17	komnenke	okomnenke	kweminenke	okweminenke

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-nenke”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-nenke (3.2.9.9)”