zi-
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?], from Proto-Bantu *jí-. Originally the prefix of class 10, it replaced the class 8 prefix as well.
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?], from Proto-Bantu *jí-. Originally the prefix of class 10, it replaced the class 8 prefix as well.
Zulu
Prefix
zi-
- Class 8 simple noun prefix.
- Class 10 simple noun prefix.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Nguni [Term?], from Proto-Bantu *jí-. Originally the prefix of class 10, it replaced the class 8 prefix as well.
Prefix
zi-
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “zi-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “zi-”
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