banyana

Zulu

Etymology

From -bana + -ana.

Adjective

-banyana?

  1. ugly but dear
  2. mischievous

Inflection

Adjective concord
Modifier Copulative
1st singular engimbanyana ngimbanyana
2nd singular ombanyana umbanyana
1st plural esibabanyana sibabanyana
2nd plural enibabanyana nibabanyana
Class 1 ombanyana mbanyana
Class 2 ababanyana babanyana
Class 3 ombanyana mbanyana
Class 4 emibanyana mibanyana
Class 5 elibanyana libanyana
Class 6 amabanyana mabanyana
Class 7 esibanyana sibanyana
Class 8 ezimbanyana zimbanyana
Class 9 embanyana imbanyana
Class 10 ezimbanyana zimbanyana
Class 11 olubanyana lubanyana
Class 14 obubanyana bubanyana
Class 15 okubanyana kubanyana
Class 17 okubanyana kubanyana

References

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