ibhokisi

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From English box.

Noun

íbhókisi class 5 (plural ámábhókisi class 6)

1. box

Inflection

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Xhosa

Etymology

From English box.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [íb̥ǒ̤kîːsi]

Noun

íbhókîsi class 9 (plural íibhókîsi class 10)

1. box

Inflection

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Zulu

Etymology

Borrowed from English box.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːboɠîːsi/

Noun

ībhokîsi class 5 (plural amabhokîsi class 6)

1. box
2. coffin

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ibhokisi	amabhokisi
Locative	ebhokisini	emabhokisini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ibhokisi		amabhokisi
Simple form	libhokisi		mabhokisi
Locative	ebhokisini		emabhokisini
Copulative	yibhokisi		ngamabhokisi
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	webhokisi	owebhokisi	wamabhokisi	owamabhokisi
Class 2	bebhokisi	abebhokisi	bamabhokisi	abamabhokisi
Class 3	webhokisi	owebhokisi	wamabhokisi	owamabhokisi
Class 4	yebhokisi	eyebhokisi	yamabhokisi	eyamabhokisi
Class 5	lebhokisi	elebhokisi	lamabhokisi	elamabhokisi
Class 6	ebhokisi	awebhokisi	amabhokisi	awamabhokisi
Class 7	sebhokisi	esebhokisi	samabhokisi	esamabhokisi
Class 8	zebhokisi	ezebhokisi	zamabhokisi	ezamabhokisi
Class 9	yebhokisi	eyebhokisi	yamabhokisi	eyamabhokisi
Class 10	zebhokisi	ezebhokisi	zamabhokisi	ezamabhokisi
Class 11	lwebhokisi	olwebhokisi	lwamabhokisi	olwamabhokisi
Class 14	bebhokisi	obebhokisi	bamabhokisi	obamabhokisi
Class 15	kwebhokisi	okwebhokisi	kwamabhokisi	okwamabhokisi
Class 17	kwebhokisi	okwebhokisi	kwamabhokisi	okwamabhokisi

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-bokisi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-bokisi (6.6.6.3-8.9)”