umkhonto

Xhosa

Etymology

Cognate to Chichewa mkondo.

Noun

umkhonto^? class 3 (plural imikhonto class 4)

spear, assegai

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

Cognate to Chichewa mkondo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /úm̩kʰóːnto/

Noun

úmkhónto class 3 (plural ímikhónto class 4)

spear, assegai

Inflection

Class 3/4
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umkhonto	imikhonto
Locative	emkhontweni	emikhontweni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	umkhonto		imikhonto
Simple form	mkhonto		mikhonto
Locative	emkhontweni		emikhontweni
Copulative	ngumkhonto		yimikhonto
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	womkhonto	owomkhonto	wemikhonto	owemikhonto
Class 2	bomkhonto	abomkhonto	bemikhonto	abemikhonto
Class 3	womkhonto	owomkhonto	wemikhonto	owemikhonto
Class 4	yomkhonto	eyomkhonto	yemikhonto	eyemikhonto
Class 5	lomkhonto	elomkhonto	lemikhonto	elemikhonto
Class 6	omkhonto	awomkhonto	emikhonto	awemikhonto
Class 7	somkhonto	esomkhonto	semikhonto	esemikhonto
Class 8	zomkhonto	ezomkhonto	zemikhonto	ezemikhonto
Class 9	yomkhonto	eyomkhonto	yemikhonto	eyemikhonto
Class 10	zomkhonto	ezomkhonto	zemikhonto	ezemikhonto
Class 11	lwomkhonto	olwomkhonto	lwemikhonto	olwemikhonto
Class 14	bomkhonto	obomkhonto	bemikhonto	obemikhonto
Class 15	kwomkhonto	okwomkhonto	kwemikhonto	okwemikhonto
Class 17	kwomkhonto	okwomkhonto	kwemikhonto	okwemikhonto

References

C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-khonto”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khonto (2.4.3.9)”

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