uLwesine

Zulu

Etymology

From u- +‎ lwa- +‎ isine, literally "the fourth one", referring to usuku "day".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /úlwesíːne/

Noun

úLwesíne class 1a

Thursday

Inflection

Class 1a
	Singular	Plural
Full form	uLwesine	—
Locative	kuLwesine	—
	Singular		Plural
Full form	uLwesine		—
Simple form	Lwesine		—
Locative	kuLwesine		—
Copulative	nguLwesine		—
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	kaLwesine	okaLwesine	—	—
Class 2	bakaLwesine	abakaLwesine	—	—
Class 3	kaLwesine	okaLwesine	—	—
Class 4	kaLwesine	ekaLwesine	—	—
Class 5	likaLwesine	elikaLwesine	—	—
Class 6	kaLwesine	akaLwesine	—	—
Class 7	sikaLwesine	esikaLwesine	—	—
Class 8	zikaLwesine	ezikaLwesine	—	—
Class 9	kaLwesine	ekaLwesine	—	—
Class 10	zikaLwesine	ezikaLwesine	—	—
Class 11	lukaLwesine	olukaLwesine	—	—
Class 14	bukaLwesine	obukaLwesine	—	—
Class 15	kukaLwesine	okukaLwesine	—	—
Class 17	kukaLwesine	okukaLwesine	—	—

See also

(days of the week) usuku lwesonto; uMsombuluko, uLwesibili, uLwesithathu, uLwesine, uLwesihlanu, uMgqibelo, iSonto ^{(Category: zu:Days of the week)}

References

C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-lwesine”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-lwesine (2.6.3.9)”

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