umzimba

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

Cognate with Phuthi mutibha, Swazi umtimba.

Noun

úḿzîmba class 3 (plural ímízîmba class 4)

1. body

Inflection

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Xhosa

Etymology

Cognate with Phuthi mutibha, Swazi umtimba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [úḿ̩z̥i̤᷈ːᵐb̥a̤]

Noun

úḿzîmba class 3 (plural ímízîmba class 4)

1. body

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

Cognate with Phuthi mutibha, Swazi umtimba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úm̩zîːmba/

Noun

úmzîmba class 3 (plural ímizîmba class 4)

1. body

Inflection

Class 3/4 (locative emzimbeni)

	singular		plural
full form	umzimba		imizimba
simple form	mzimba		mizimba
locative	emzimbeni		emizimbeni
copulative	ngumzimba		yimizimba
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	womzimba	owomzimba	wemizimba	owemizimba
class 2	bomzimba	abomzimba	bemizimba	abemizimba
class 3	womzimba	owomzimba	wemizimba	owemizimba
class 4	yomzimba	eyomzimba	yemizimba	eyemizimba
class 5	lomzimba	elomzimba	lemizimba	elemizimba
class 6	omzimba	awomzimba	emizimba	awemizimba
class 7	somzimba	esomzimba	semizimba	esemizimba
class 8	zomzimba	ezomzimba	zemizimba	ezemizimba
class 9	yomzimba	eyomzimba	yemizimba	eyemizimba
class 10	zomzimba	ezomzimba	zemizimba	ezemizimba
class 11	lomzimba	olomzimba	lwemizimba	olwemizimba
class 14	bomzimba	obomzimba	bemizimba	obemizimba
class 15	komzimba	okomzimba	kwemizimba	okwemizimba
class 17	komzimba	okomzimba	kwemizimba	okwemizimba

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-zimba”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-zimba (2.4.3-8.9)”