Southern Ndebele

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *mbɪ̀dìá, which is an agent nominalization of the causative of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ̀da, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́da (to boil).

Noun

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ímbizá class 9 (plural íimbizá class 10)

  1. cooking pot

Inflection

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Xhosa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *mbɪ̀dìá, which is an agent nominalization of the causative of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ̀da, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́da (to boil).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [íᵐb̥i̤ːz̥ǎ̤]

Noun

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ímbizá class 9 (plural íimbizá class 10)

  1. cooking pot

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Zulu

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *mbɪ̀dìá, which is an agent nominalization of the causative of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ̀da, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́da (to boil).

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Noun

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ímbizá class 9 (plural izímbizá class 10)

  1. cooking pot

Inflection

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Class 9/10
Singular Plural
Full form imbiza izimbiza
Locative embizeni ezimbizeni
Singular Plural
Full form imbiza izimbiza
Simple form mbiza zimbiza
Locative embizeni ezimbizeni
Copulative yimbiza yizimbiza
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 wembiza owembiza wezimbiza owezimbiza
Class 2 bembiza abembiza bezimbiza abezimbiza
Class 3 wembiza owembiza wezimbiza owezimbiza
Class 4 yembiza eyembiza yezimbiza eyezimbiza
Class 5 lembiza elembiza lezimbiza elezimbiza
Class 6 embiza awembiza ezimbiza awezimbiza
Class 7 sembiza esembiza sezimbiza esezimbiza
Class 8 zembiza ezembiza zezimbiza ezezimbiza
Class 9 yembiza eyembiza yezimbiza eyezimbiza
Class 10 zembiza ezembiza zezimbiza ezezimbiza
Class 11 lwembiza olwembiza lwezimbiza olwezimbiza
Class 14 bembiza obembiza bezimbiza obezimbiza
Class 15 kwembiza okwembiza kwezimbiza okwezimbiza
Class 17 kwembiza okwembiza kwezimbiza okwezimbiza
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