# lukhuni
## Swazi
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀kʊ́nì.

#### Noun

lúkhûni class 11 (plural tínkhûni class 10)
* firewood

##### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

### Etymology 2
#### Relative

-lúkhûni
* hard, difficult

##### Inflection

Relative concord, tone HHH :
| | Modifier | Copulative |
| 1st singular | lengilukhuni | ngilukhuni |
| 2nd singular | lolukhuni | ulukhuni |
| 1st plural | lesilukhuni | silukhuni |
| 2nd plural | lenilukhuni | nilukhuni |
| Class 1 | lolukhuni | ulukhuni |
| Class 2 | labalukhuni | balukhuni |
| Class 3 | lolukhuni | ulukhuni |
| Class 4 | lelukhuni | ilukhuni |
| Class 5 | lelilukhuni | lilukhuni |
| Class 6 | lalukhuni | alukhuni |
| Class 7 | lesilukhuni | silukhuni |
| Class 8 | letilukhuni | tilukhuni |
| Class 9 | lelukhuni | ilukhuni |
| Class 10 | letilukhuni | tilukhuni |
| Class 11 | lolulukhuni | lulukhuni |
| Class 14 | lobulukhuni | bulukhuni |
| Class 15 | lokulukhuni | kulukhuni |
| Class 17 | lokulukhuni | kulukhuni |

## Xhosa
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Relative

-lukhúni
* tough, stiff
* stupid, dumb

#### Inflection

Relative concord :
| | Modifier | Modifier | Copulative | Copulative |
| | positive | negative | positive | negative |
| 1st singular | endilukhuni | endingelukhuni | ndilukhuni | andilukhuni |
| 2nd singular | olukhuni | ongelukhuni | ulukhuni | awulukhuni |
| 1st plural | esilukhuni | esingelukhuni | silukhuni | asilukhuni |
| 2nd plural | enilukhuni | eningelukhuni | nilukhuni | anilukhuni |
| Class 1 | olukhuni | ongelukhuni | ulukhuni | akalukhuni |
| Class 2 | abalukhuni | abangelukhuni | balukhuni | abalukhuni |
| Class 3 | olukhuni | ongelukhuni | ulukhuni | awulukhuni |
| Class 4 | elukhuni | engelukhuni | ilukhuni | ayilukhuni |
| Class 5 | elilukhuni | elingelukhuni | lilukhuni | alilukhuni |
| Class 6 | alukhuni | angelukhuni | alukhuni | awalukhuni |
| Class 7 | esilukhuni | esingelukhuni | silukhuni | asilukhuni |
| Class 8 | ezilukhuni | ezingelukhuni | zilukhuni | azilukhuni |
| Class 9 | elukhuni | engelukhuni | ilukhuni | ayilukhuni |
| Class 10 | ezilukhuni | ezingelukhuni | zilukhuni | azilukhuni |
| Class 11 | olulukhuni | olungelukhuni | lulukhuni | alulukhuni |
| Class 14 | obulukhuni | obungelukhuni | bulukhuni | abulukhuni |
| Class 15 | okulukhuni | okungelukhuni | kulukhuni | akulukhuni |
| Class 17 | okulukhuni | okungelukhuni | kulukhuni | akulukhuni |

## Zulu
### Etymology

From ukhuni.

### Relative

-lukhuni$^?$
* hard, rigid, stiff
* difficult, complicated

#### Inflection

Relative concord :
| | Modifier | Modifier | Copulative | Copulative |
| | positive | negative | positive | negative |
| 1st singular | engilukhuni | engingelukhuni | ngilukhuni | angilukhuni |
| 2nd singular | olukhuni | ongelukhuni | ulukhuni | awulukhuni |
| 1st plural | esilukhuni | esingelukhuni | silukhuni | asilukhuni |
| 2nd plural | enilukhuni | eningelukhuni | nilukhuni | anilukhuni |
| Class 1 | olukhuni | ongelukhuni | ulukhuni | akalukhuni |
| Class 2 | abalukhuni | abangelukhuni | balukhuni | abalukhuni |
| Class 3 | olukhuni | ongelukhuni | ulukhuni | awulukhuni |
| Class 4 | elukhuni | engelukhuni | ilukhuni | ayilukhuni |
| Class 5 | elilukhuni | elingelukhuni | lilukhuni | alilukhuni |
| Class 6 | alukhuni | angelukhuni | alukhuni | awalukhuni |
| Class 7 | esilukhuni | esingelukhuni | silukhuni | asilukhuni |
| Class 8 | ezilukhuni | ezingelukhuni | zilukhuni | azilukhuni |
| Class 9 | elukhuni | engelukhuni | ilukhuni | ayilukhuni |
| Class 10 | ezilukhuni | ezingelukhuni | zilukhuni | azilukhuni |
| Class 11 | olulukhuni | olungelukhuni | lulukhuni | alulukhuni |
| Class 14 | obulukhuni | obungelukhuni | bulukhuni | abulukhuni |
| Class 15 | okulukhuni | okungelukhuni | kulukhuni | akulukhuni |
| Class 17 | okulukhuni | okungelukhuni | kulukhuni | akulukhuni |

### References

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