"nke" meaning in Zulu

{
  "etymology_text": "It is superficially similar to Proto-Bantu *-ncè (“all”). However, the form of this stem would suggest a Proto-Bantu form *-nkàì, which is in fact a form reconstructed by Meeussen meaning \"alone\". It is perhaps from this latter form, with a semantic shift from \"alone\" to \"all\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-nke",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zu",
        "2": "determiner",
        "head": "-nke"
      },
      "expansion": "-nke",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Zulu",
  "lang_code": "zu",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Zulu determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Zulu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "all; all of; the whole"
      ],
      "id": "en-nke-zu-det-D3epy4Mb",
      "links": [
        [
          "singular",
          "singular"
        ],
        [
          "all",
          "all"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "the",
          "the"
        ],
        [
          "whole",
          "whole"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the singular) all; all of; the whole"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Zulu determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "all; every; together; jointly"
      ],
      "id": "en-nke-zu-det-J96dOUNC",
      "links": [
        [
          "all",
          "all"
        ],
        [
          "every",
          "every"
        ],
        [
          "together",
          "together"
        ],
        [
          "jointly",
          "jointly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) all; every; together; jointly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/nke/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nke"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Zulu determiners",
    "Zulu entries with incorrect language header",
    "Zulu lemmas",
    "Zulu terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "It is superficially similar to Proto-Bantu *-ncè (“all”). However, the form of this stem would suggest a Proto-Bantu form *-nkàì, which is in fact a form reconstructed by Meeussen meaning \"alone\". It is perhaps from this latter form, with a semantic shift from \"alone\" to \"all\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-nke",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zu",
        "2": "determiner",
        "head": "-nke"
      },
      "expansion": "-nke",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Zulu",
  "lang_code": "zu",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "all; all of; the whole"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "singular",
          "singular"
        ],
        [
          "all",
          "all"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "the",
          "the"
        ],
        [
          "whole",
          "whole"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the singular) all; all of; the whole"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "all; every; together; jointly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "all",
          "all"
        ],
        [
          "every",
          "every"
        ],
        [
          "together",
          "together"
        ],
        [
          "jointly",
          "jointly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) all; every; together; jointly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/nke/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nke"
}