idada

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *ílídada.

Noun

ídada class 5 (plural ámádada class 6)

1. duck

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *ílídada.

Noun

ídada class 5 (plural ámádada class 6)

1. duck

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *ílídada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [íd̥a̤ːd̥a̤]

Noun

ídada class 5 (plural ámádada class 6)

1. duck

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *ílídada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /íːdaːda/

Noun

ī́dada class 5 (plural amádada class 6)

1. duck

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	idada	amadada
Locative	edadeni	emadadeni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	idada		amadada
Simple form	lidada		madada
Locative	edadeni		emadadeni
Copulative	yidada		ngamadada
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wedada	owedada	wamadada	owamadada
Class 2	bedada	abedada	bamadada	abamadada
Class 3	wedada	owedada	wamadada	owamadada
Class 4	yedada	eyedada	yamadada	eyamadada
Class 5	ledada	eledada	lamadada	elamadada
Class 6	edada	awedada	amadada	awamadada
Class 7	sedada	esedada	samadada	esamadada
Class 8	zedada	ezedada	zamadada	ezamadada
Class 9	yedada	eyedada	yamadada	eyamadada
Class 10	zedada	ezedada	zamadada	ezamadada
Class 11	lwedada	olwedada	lwamadada	olwamadada
Class 14	bedada	obedada	bamadada	obamadada
Class 15	kwedada	okwedada	kwamadada	okwamadada
Class 17	kwedada	okwedada	kwamadada	okwamadada

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-dada”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-dada (3.2.9.9)”