ili-

See also: ili, ílį́, iḻi, and -ili

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *íli-, from Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

Prefix

ili-

Class 5 noun prefix.

Usage notes

The variant form i- is used before stems of more than one syllable.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *íli-, from Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

Prefix

ili-

Class 5 noun prefix.

Usage notes

The variant form i- is used before stems of more than one syllable.

Zulu

Prefix

ili-

Archaic form of i- (literally “class 5 full noun prefix”).

References

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

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