ili-
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ili"
Northern Ndebele[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
Prefix[edit]
ili-
- Class 5 noun prefix.
Usage notes[edit]
The variant form i- is used before stems of more than one syllable.
Xhosa[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
Prefix[edit]
ili-
- Class 5 noun prefix.
Usage notes[edit]
The variant form i- is used before stems of more than one syllable.
Zulu[edit]
Prefix[edit]
íli-
References[edit]
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ili-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ili-”
Categories:
- Northern Ndebele terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Northern Ndebele terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Northern Ndebele lemmas
- Northern Ndebele prefixes
- Northern Ndebele noun prefixes
- Xhosa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Xhosa terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Xhosa lemmas
- Xhosa prefixes
- Xhosa noun prefixes
- Zulu lemmas
- Zulu prefixes
- Zulu noun prefixes
- Zulu archaic forms