umlilo

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Common Bantu *mʊ̀dɪ̀dò.

Noun

úḿlilo class 3 (plural ímílilo class 4)

1. fire

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Swazi

Etymology

From Common Bantu *mʊ̀dɪ̀dò.

Noun

úḿlilo class 3 (plural ímílilo class 4)

1. fire

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Common Bantu *mʊ̀dɪ̀dò.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [úḿ̩liːlo]

Noun

úḿlilo class 3 (plural ímílilo class 4)

1. fire

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• A. Fischer (1985), English - Xhosa Dictionary‎, Oxford University Press, page 216

Zulu

Etymology

From Common Bantu *mʊ̀dɪ̀dò.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uḿ̩liːlo/

Noun

uḿlilo class 3 (plural imílilo class 4)

1. fire

Inflection

Class 3/4 (locative emlilweni)

	singular		plural
full form	umlilo		imililo
simple form	mlilo		mililo
locative	emlilweni		emililweni
copulative	ngumlilo		yimililo
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	womlilo	owomlilo	wemililo	owemililo
class 2	bomlilo	abomlilo	bemililo	abemililo
class 3	womlilo	owomlilo	wemililo	owemililo
class 4	yomlilo	eyomlilo	yemililo	eyemililo
class 5	lomlilo	elomlilo	lemililo	elemililo
class 6	omlilo	awomlilo	emililo	awemililo
class 7	somlilo	esomlilo	semililo	esemililo
class 8	zomlilo	ezomlilo	zemililo	ezemililo
class 9	yomlilo	eyomlilo	yemililo	eyemililo
class 10	zomlilo	ezomlilo	zemililo	ezemililo
class 11	lomlilo	olomlilo	lwemililo	olwemililo
class 14	bomlilo	obomlilo	bemililo	obemililo
class 15	komlilo	okomlilo	kwemililo	okwemililo
class 17	komlilo	okomlilo	kwemililo	okwemililo

Derived terms

• intabamlilo

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-lilo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-lilo (3.2.9.9)”