iMelika
Xhosa
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English America.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editíMélika class 5
- America (a country in North America)
Inflection
editThis entry needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English America.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editīMélika class 5
- America (a continent)
- America (a country in North America)
Inflection
edit| Class 5, short locative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | iMelika | — | ||
| Locative | eMelika | — | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | iMelika | — | ||
| Simple form | liMelika | — | ||
| Locative | eMelika | — | ||
| Copulative | yiMelika | — | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | weMelika | oweMelika | — | — |
| Class 2 | beMelika | abeMelika | — | — |
| Class 3 | weMelika | oweMelika | — | — |
| Class 4 | yeMelika | eyeMelika | — | — |
| Class 5 | leMelika | eleMelika | — | — |
| Class 6 | eMelika | aweMelika | — | — |
| Class 7 | seMelika | eseMelika | — | — |
| Class 8 | zeMelika | ezeMelika | — | — |
| Class 9 | yeMelika | eyeMelika | — | — |
| Class 10 | zeMelika | ezeMelika | — | — |
| Class 11 | lweMelika | olweMelika | — | — |
| Class 14 | beMelika | obeMelika | — | — |
| Class 15 | kweMelika | okweMelika | — | — |
| Class 17 | kweMelika | okweMelika | — | — |
References
edit- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-Melika”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-Melika (6.6.3.9.9)”
Categories:
- Xhosa terms borrowed from English
- Xhosa terms derived from English
- Xhosa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Xhosa lemmas
- Xhosa nouns
- Xhosa class 5 nouns
- xh:Countries in North America
- Zulu terms borrowed from English
- Zulu terms derived from English
- Zulu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Zulu lemmas
- Zulu nouns
- Zulu class 5 nouns
- zu:Continents
- zu:Countries in North America
- zu:Countries
- Zulu nouns with tone LLL
- Zulu singularia tantum
- Zulu nouns with short locative