"iTheku" meaning in Zulu

See iTheku in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /îːtʰêːɠu/
Etymology: Either from itheku (“bay, harbor”), or from itheku (“animal or man with a single testicle”). Head templates: {{zu-noun|îThêku|5|-}} îThêku class 5 Inflection templates: {{zu-infl-noun|HH|5}} Forms: îThêku [canonical, class-5], no-table-tags [table-tags], iTheku [class-5, full-form, singular], - [class-5, full-form, plural], liTheku [basic-form, class-5, singular], - [basic-form, class-5, plural], eThekwini [class-5, locative, singular], - [class-5, locative, plural], yiTheku [class-5, copulative, singular], - [class-5, copulative, plural], weTheku [class-1, possessive, singular], oweTheku [class-1, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-1, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], beTheku [class-2, possessive, singular], abeTheku [class-2, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-2, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], weTheku [class-3, possessive, singular], oweTheku [class-3, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-3, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], yeTheku [class-4, possessive, singular], eyeTheku [class-4, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-4, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], leTheku [class-5, possessive, singular], eleTheku [class-5, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-5, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], eTheku [class-6, possessive, singular], aweTheku [class-6, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-6, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], seTheku [class-7, possessive, singular], eseTheku [class-7, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-7, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], zeTheku [class-8, possessive, singular], ezeTheku [class-8, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-8, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], yeTheku [class-9, possessive, singular], eyeTheku [class-9, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-9, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], zeTheku [class-10, possessive, singular], ezeTheku [class-10, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-10, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], lweTheku [class-11, possessive, singular], olweTheku [class-11, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-11, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], beTheku [class-14, possessive, singular], obeTheku [class-14, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-14, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], kweTheku [class-15, possessive, singular], okweTheku [class-15, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-15, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], kweTheku [class-17, possessive, singular], okweTheku [class-17, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-17, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive]
  1. Durban (a city in South Africa) Categories (place): Cities in South Africa, Places in South Africa
{
  "etymology_text": "Either from itheku (“bay, harbor”), or from itheku (“animal or man with a single testicle”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "îThêku",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu-infl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "full-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "full-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "basic-form",
        "class-5",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "basic-form",
        "class-5",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eThekwini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yiTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "copulative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "copulative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oweTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abeTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oweTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-4",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyeTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-4",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-4",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eleTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aweTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eseTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zeTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-8",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ezeTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-8",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-8",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-9",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyeTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-9",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-9",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zeTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ezeTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lweTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "olweTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-14",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obeTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-14",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-14",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kweTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okweTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kweTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-17",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okweTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-17",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-17",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "îThêku",
        "2": "5",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "îThêku class 5",
      "name": "zu-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "HH",
        "2": "5"
      },
      "name": "zu-infl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Zulu",
  "lang_code": "zu",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Zulu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Zulu nouns with tone HH",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Zulu singularia tantum",
          "parents": [
            "Singularia tantum",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Zulu terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "zu",
          "name": "Cities in South Africa",
          "orig": "zu:Cities in South Africa",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "zu",
          "name": "Places in South Africa",
          "orig": "zu:Places in South Africa",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Durban (a city in South Africa)"
      ],
      "id": "en-iTheku-zu-noun-FPZxCTK4",
      "links": [
        [
          "Durban",
          "Durban#English"
        ],
        [
          "South Africa",
          "South Africa#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/îːtʰêːɠu/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "iTheku"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Either from itheku (“bay, harbor”), or from itheku (“animal or man with a single testicle”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "îThêku",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu-infl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "full-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "full-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "basic-form",
        "class-5",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "basic-form",
        "class-5",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eThekwini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yiTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "copulative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "copulative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oweTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abeTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oweTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-4",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyeTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-4",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-4",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eleTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aweTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eseTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zeTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-8",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ezeTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-8",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-8",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-9",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyeTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-9",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-9",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zeTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ezeTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lweTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "olweTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-14",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obeTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-14",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-14",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kweTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okweTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kweTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-17",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okweTheku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-17",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-17",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "îThêku",
        "2": "5",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "îThêku class 5",
      "name": "zu-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "HH",
        "2": "5"
      },
      "name": "zu-infl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Zulu",
  "lang_code": "zu",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Zulu class 5 nouns",
        "Zulu entries with incorrect language header",
        "Zulu lemmas",
        "Zulu nouns",
        "Zulu nouns with tone HH",
        "Zulu singularia tantum",
        "Zulu terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Zulu terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "zu:Cities in South Africa",
        "zu:Places in South Africa"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Durban (a city in South Africa)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Durban",
          "Durban#English"
        ],
        [
          "South Africa",
          "South Africa#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/îːtʰêːɠu/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "iTheku"
}

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