umsila

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kɪ́dà.

Noun

úḿsîla class 3 (plural ímísîla class 4)

1. tail (of an animal)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kɪ́dà.

Noun

úḿsîla class 3 (plural ímísîla class 4)

1. tail (of an animal)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kɪ́dà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [úḿ̩sîːla]

Noun

úḿsîla class 3 (plural ímísîla class 4)

1. tail (of an animal)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kɪ́dà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úm̩sîːla/

Noun

úmsîla class 3 (plural ímisîla class 4)

1. tail (of an animal)

Inflection

Class 3/4 (locative emsileni)

	singular		plural
full form	umsila		imisila
simple form	msila		misila
locative	emsileni		emisileni
copulative	ngumsila		yimisila
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	womsila	owomsila	wemisila	owemisila
class 2	bomsila	abomsila	bemisila	abemisila
class 3	womsila	owomsila	wemisila	owemisila
class 4	yomsila	eyomsila	yemisila	eyemisila
class 5	lomsila	elomsila	lemisila	elemisila
class 6	omsila	awomsila	emisila	awemisila
class 7	somsila	esomsila	semisila	esemisila
class 8	zomsila	ezomsila	zemisila	ezemisila
class 9	yomsila	eyomsila	yemisila	eyemisila
class 10	zomsila	ezomsila	zemisila	ezemisila
class 11	lomsila	olomsila	lwemisila	olwemisila
class 14	bomsila	obomsila	bemisila	obemisila
class 15	komsila	okomsila	kwemisila	okwemisila
class 17	komsila	okomsila	kwemisila	okwemisila

References

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