"unyezi" meaning in Zulu

See unyezi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jédì (“moonlight”), from Proto-Bantu *-jéda (“shine”). Etymology templates: {{inh|zu|bnt-pro|*mʊ̀jédì|t=moonlight}} Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jédì (“moonlight”), {{inh|zu|bnt-pro|*-jéda|t=shine}} Proto-Bantu *-jéda (“shine”) Head templates: {{zu-noun|únyezí|3|-}} únyezí class 3 Inflection templates: {{zu-infl-noun|LH|3}} Forms: únyezí [canonical, class-3], no-table-tags [table-tags], unyezi [class-3, full-form, singular], - [class-3, full-form, plural], nyezi [basic-form, class-3, singular], - [basic-form, class-3, plural], enyezini [class-3, locative, singular], - [class-3, locative, plural], ngunyezi [class-3, copulative, singular], - [class-3, copulative, plural], wonyezi [class-1, possessive, singular], owonyezi [class-1, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-1, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], bonyezi [class-2, possessive, singular], abonyezi [class-2, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-2, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], wonyezi [class-3, possessive, singular], owonyezi [class-3, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-3, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], yonyezi [class-4, possessive, singular], eyonyezi [class-4, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-4, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], lonyezi [class-5, possessive, singular], elonyezi [class-5, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-5, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], onyezi [class-6, possessive, singular], awonyezi [class-6, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-6, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], sonyezi [class-7, possessive, singular], esonyezi [class-7, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-7, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], zonyezi [class-8, possessive, singular], ezonyezi [class-8, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-8, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], yonyezi [class-9, possessive, singular], eyonyezi [class-9, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-9, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], zonyezi [class-10, possessive, singular], ezonyezi [class-10, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-10, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], lonyezi [class-11, possessive, singular], olonyezi [class-11, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-11, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], bonyezi [class-14, possessive, singular], obonyezi [class-14, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-14, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], konyezi [class-15, possessive, singular], okonyezi [class-15, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-15, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive], konyezi [class-17, possessive, singular], okonyezi [class-17, possessive, possessive-substantive, singular], - [class-17, plural, possessive, possessive-substantive]
  1. moonlight, moonshine

Download JSON data for unyezi meaning in Zulu (6.7kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zu",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*mʊ̀jédì",
        "t": "moonlight"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jédì (“moonlight”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zu",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*-jéda",
        "t": "shine"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-jéda (“shine”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jédì (“moonlight”), from Proto-Bantu *-jéda (“shine”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "únyezí",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu-infl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "full-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "full-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "basic-form",
        "class-3",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "basic-form",
        "class-3",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enyezini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngunyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "copulative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "copulative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-4",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-4",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-4",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-8",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ezonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-8",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-8",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-9",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-9",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-9",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ezonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "olonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-14",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-14",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-14",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-17",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-17",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-17",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "únyezí",
        "2": "3",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "únyezí class 3",
      "name": "zu-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "LH",
        "2": "3"
      },
      "name": "zu-infl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Zulu",
  "lang_code": "zu",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "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 LH",
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "moonlight, moonshine"
      ],
      "id": "en-unyezi-zu-noun-zoUWVNnq",
      "links": [
        [
          "moonlight",
          "moonlight"
        ],
        [
          "moonshine",
          "moonshine"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/úɲeːzí/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unyezi"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zu",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*mʊ̀jédì",
        "t": "moonlight"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jédì (“moonlight”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zu",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*-jéda",
        "t": "shine"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-jéda (“shine”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jédì (“moonlight”), from Proto-Bantu *-jéda (“shine”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "únyezí",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu-infl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "full-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "full-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "basic-form",
        "class-3",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "basic-form",
        "class-3",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enyezini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngunyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "copulative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "copulative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-4",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-4",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-4",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-8",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ezonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-8",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-8",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-9",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-9",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-9",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ezonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "olonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-14",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-14",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-14",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-17",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okonyezi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-17",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-17",
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "possessive-substantive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "únyezí",
        "2": "3",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "únyezí class 3",
      "name": "zu-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "LH",
        "2": "3"
      },
      "name": "zu-infl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Zulu",
  "lang_code": "zu",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Zulu class 3 nouns",
        "Zulu entries with incorrect language header",
        "Zulu lemmas",
        "Zulu nouns",
        "Zulu nouns with tone LH",
        "Zulu singularia tantum",
        "Zulu terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
        "Zulu terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
        "Zulu terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Zulu terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "moonlight, moonshine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "moonlight",
          "moonlight"
        ],
        [
          "moonshine",
          "moonshine"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/úɲeːzí/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unyezi"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Zulu dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-19 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-06 using wiktextract (372f256 and 664a3bc). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.