isintu
Xhosa
editEtymology
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Noun
editisintu? class 7 (plural izintu class 8)
Inflection
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Zulu
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editisíntu class 7
- the human race, mankind
Inflection
edit| Class 7 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | isintu | — | ||
| Locative | esintwini | — | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | isintu | — | ||
| Simple form | sintu | — | ||
| Locative | esintwini | — | ||
| Copulative | yisintu | — | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | wesintu | owesintu | — | — |
| Class 2 | besintu | abesintu | — | — |
| Class 3 | wesintu | owesintu | — | — |
| Class 4 | yesintu | eyesintu | — | — |
| Class 5 | lesintu | elesintu | — | — |
| Class 6 | esintu | awesintu | — | — |
| Class 7 | sesintu | esesintu | — | — |
| Class 8 | zesintu | ezesintu | — | — |
| Class 9 | yesintu | eyesintu | — | — |
| Class 10 | zesintu | ezesintu | — | — |
| Class 11 | lwesintu | olwesintu | — | — |
| Class 14 | besintu | obesintu | — | — |
| Class 15 | kwesintu | okwesintu | — | — |
| Class 17 | kwesintu | okwesintu | — | — |
References
edit- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ntu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ntu (3.2.9)”