ili-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ili"

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

Prefix

ili-

1. Class 5 noun prefix.

Usage notes

The variant form i- is used before stems of more than one syllable.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

Prefix

ili-

1. Class 5 noun prefix.

Usage notes

The variant form i- is used before stems of more than one syllable.

Zulu

Prefix

íli-

1. Archaic form of i- (literally “class 5 full noun prefix”).

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ili-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ili-”