ningi

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jíngɪ́.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nîːnɡi/

Adjective

-nîngi

1. many, much

Inflection

Adjective concord, tone HH

	modifier		copulative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	engimningi	engingemningi	ngimningi	angimningi
2nd singular	omningi	ongemningi	umningi	awumningi
1st plural	esibaningi	esingebaningi	sibaningi	asibaningi
2nd plural	enibaningi	eningebaningi	nibaningi	anibaningi
class 1	omningi	ongemningi	mningi	akamningi
class 2	abaningi	abangebaningi	baningi	ababaningi
class 3	omningi	ongemningi	mningi	awumningi
class 4	eminingi	engeminingi	miningi	ayiminingi
class 5	eliningi	elingeliningi	liningi	aliliningi
class 6	amaningi	angemaningi	maningi	awamaningi
class 7	esiningi	esingesiningi	siningi	asisiningi
class 8	eziningi	ezingeziningi	ziningi	aziziningi
class 9	eningi	engeningi, engeyiningi	iningi, yiningi	ayiyiningi
class 10	eziningi	ezingeziningi	ziningi	aziziningi
class 11	oluningi	olungeluningi	luningi	aluluningi
class 14	obuningi	obungebuningi	buningi	abubuningi
class 15	okuningi	okungekuningi	kuningi	akukuningi
class 17	okuningi	okungekuningi	kuningi	akukuningi

Derived terms

• iningi
• ubuningi

References

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