"u-" meaning in Zulu

See u- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Forms: wu- [medial]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-. Etymology templates: {{inh|zu|bnt-pro|*ʊ̀-}} Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀- Head templates: {{head|zu|prefix|medial|wu-|cat2=subject concords}} u- (medial wu-)
  1. you, thou; second-person singular subject concord. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-u--zu-prefix-YaEaohot Categories (other): Zulu entries with incorrect language header, Zulu subject concords Disambiguation of Zulu entries with incorrect language header: 42 0 29 29 0 Disambiguation of Zulu subject concords: 39 31 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

Forms: ú- [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-. This noun class is marked simply with the class 1 augment and a null prefix. Etymology templates: {{inh|zu|bnt-pro|*ʊ́-}} Proto-Bantu *ʊ́- Head templates: {{head|zu|prefix|cat2=noun prefixes|head=ú-}} ú-
  1. Class 1a noun prefix. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-u--zu-prefix-YDegkouZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Prefix

Forms: ú- [canonical], ká- [medial]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-. Etymology templates: {{inh|zu|bnt-pro|*ʊ́-}} Proto-Bantu *ʊ́- Head templates: {{head|zu|prefix|medial|ká-|cat2=subject concords|head=ú-}} ú- (medial ká-)
  1. he, she, it; class 1 subject concord. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-u--zu-prefix-OwSx1FFL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Prefix

Forms: ú- [canonical], wú- [medial]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-. Etymology templates: {{inh|zu|bnt-pro|*gʊ́-}} Proto-Bantu *gʊ́- Head templates: {{head|zu|prefix|medial|wú-|cat2=subject concords|head=ú-}} ú- (medial wú-)
  1. he, she, it; class 3 subject concord. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-u--zu-prefix-QT9MwSfG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Prefix

Forms: û- [canonical]
Etymology: Contracted from earlier úlu-, from . Etymology templates: {{inh|zu|bnt-pro|*dʊ́-dʊ̀-}} Head templates: {{head|zu|prefix|cat2=noun prefixes|head=û-}} û-
  1. Class 11 noun prefix. Tags: error-lua-exec, morpheme
    Sense id: en-u--zu-prefix-MfYyf9qL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-.",
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          "name": "Zulu entries with incorrect language header",
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Download raw JSONL data for u- meaning in Zulu (4.2kB)

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