umoya

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò (“life, spirit”).

Noun

úmôya class 3

1. air, wind

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò (“life, spirit”).

Noun

úmôya class 3

1. air, wind

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò (“life, spirit”).

Noun

úmôya class 3

1. air
2. wind
3. spirit

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò (“life, spirit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [úmôːja]

Noun

úmôya class 3

1. air
2. wind
3. spirit

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò (“life, spirit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úmôːja/

Noun

úmôya class 3

1. air
2. wind
3. spirit, soul

Inflection

Class 3 (locative emoyeni)

	singular		plural
full form	umoya		—
simple form	moya		—
locative	emoyeni		—
copulative	ngumoya		—
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	womoya	owomoya	—	—
class 2	bomoya	abomoya	—	—
class 3	womoya	owomoya	—	—
class 4	yomoya	eyomoya	—	—
class 5	lomoya	elomoya	—	—
class 6	omoya	awomoya	—	—
class 7	somoya	esomoya	—	—
class 8	zomoya	ezomoya	—	—
class 9	yomoya	eyomoya	—	—
class 10	zomoya	ezomoya	—	—
class 11	lomoya	olomoya	—	—
class 14	bomoya	obomoya	—	—
class 15	komoya	okomoya	—	—
class 17	komoya	okomoya	—	—

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-oya”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-oya (2.3-8.9)”