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
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umoya	—
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)”