ushizi

Zulu

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheese.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /úʃiːzi/

Noun

úshizi class 1a

  1. cheese

Inflection
Class 1a
Singular Plural
Full form ushizi —
Locative kushizi —
Singular Plural
Full form ushizi —
Simple form shizi —
Locative kushizi —
Copulative ngushizi —
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 kashizi okashizi — —
Class 2 bakashizi abakashizi — —
Class 3 kashizi okashizi — —
Class 4 kashizi ekashizi — —
Class 5 likashizi elikashizi — —
Class 6 kashizi akashizi — —
Class 7 sikashizi esikashizi — —
Class 8 zikashizi ezikashizi — —
Class 9 kashizi ekashizi — —
Class 10 zikashizi ezikashizi — —
Class 11 lukashizi olukashizi — —
Class 14 bukashizi obukashizi — —
Class 15 kukashizi okukashizi — —
Class 17 kukashizi okukashizi — —

References

C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-shizi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ISBN 0 85494 027 8: “-shizi (2.9.9)”

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