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umoba - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Zulu

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gʊ̀bá.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /úmoːɓá/

Noun

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úmobá class 3

  1. sugarcane

Inflection

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Class 3
Singular Plural
Full form umoba
Locative emobeni
Singular Plural
Full form umoba
Simple form moba
Locative emobeni
Copulative ngumoba
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 womoba owomoba
Class 2 bomoba abomoba
Class 3 womoba owomoba
Class 4 yomoba eyomoba
Class 5 lomoba elomoba
Class 6 omoba awomoba
Class 7 somoba esomoba
Class 8 zomoba ezomoba
Class 9 yomoba eyomoba
Class 10 zomoba ezomoba
Class 11 lomoba olomoba
Class 14 bomoba obomoba
Class 15 komoba okomoba
Class 17 komoba okomoba

References

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C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-oɓa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN:-oɓa (2.6.3)