"amabele" meaning in Zulu

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Noun

IPA: /amáɓeːlé/
Etymology: From Common Bantu *ìbèdé. Etymology templates: {{inh|zu|bnt-cmn|*ìbèdé}} Common Bantu *ìbèdé Head templates: {{zu-noun|amábelé|6}} amábelé class 6 Inflection templates: {{zu-infl-noun|LH|6}} Forms: amábelé [canonical, class-6], no-table-tags [table-tags], - [error-unrecognized-form, singular], amabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural], mabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural], - [locative, singular], emabeleni [locative, plural], ngamabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural], - [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], wamabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], owamabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], bamabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], abamabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], yamabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], eyamabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], lamabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], elamabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], amabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], awamabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], samabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], esamabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], zamabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], ezamabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], lwamabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], olwamabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], obamabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], kwamabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], okwamabele [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive]
  1. sorghum
    Sense id: en-amabele-zu-noun-e1-FyvQh Categories (other): Zulu nouns with tone LH, Zulu pluralia tantum, Zulu terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ámaɓéːle/
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|zu|noun form|g=c6}} amabele class 6
  1. plural of ibele Tags: class-6, form-of, plural Form of: ibele Categories (lifeform): Grains
    Sense id: en-amabele-zu-noun-TyQDiuND Disambiguation of Grains: 40 60 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Zulu entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Zulu entries with incorrect language header: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "form": "emabeleni",
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      "source": "inflection",
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    },
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      "form": "zamabele",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ezamabele",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lwamabele",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "olwamabele",
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        "1": "amábelé",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [],
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          "kind": "other",
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        "sorghum"
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      "ipa": "/amáɓeːlé/"
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            "Life",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ámaɓéːle/"
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      "form": "yamabele",
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        "possessive"
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    {
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        "possessive"
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        "possessive"
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    {
      "form": "awamabele",
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    },
    {
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    {
      "form": "esamabele",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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    },
    {
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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        "possessive"
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    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
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        "possessive"
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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        "possessive"
      ]
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        }
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ámaɓéːle/"
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for amabele meaning in Zulu (4.6kB)

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  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "subsection": "noun",
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}

{
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  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "amabele",
  "trace": ""
}

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}

{
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  "trace": ""
}

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}

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}

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  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Zulu dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (87ad358 and ea19a0a). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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