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ubuthi

ubuthi

English

Noun

ubuthi (uncountable)

  1. witchcraft (among the Xhosa people)

Zulu

Etymology

From ubu- + umuthi.

Noun

ubuthi class 14 (uncountable)

  1. poison (from a bush or tree)

Inflection

Class 14
Singular Plural
Full form ubuthi
Simple form buthi
Locative ebuthini
Copulative ngubuthi
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Class 1 wobuthi
Class 2 bobuthi
Class 3 wobuthi
Class 4 yobuthi
Class 5 lobuthi
Class 6 obuthi
Class 7 sobuthi
Class 8 zobuthi
Class 9 yobuthi
Class 10 zobuthi
Class 11 lwobuthi
Class 14 bobuthi
Class 15 kwobuthi
Class 17 kwobuthi

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