# thathu
## Southern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.

### Adjective

-thâthu
* three

#### Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

## Xhosa
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tʰâːtʰu]

### Adjective

-thâthu
* three

#### Inflection

Adjective concord, tone HH :
| | Modifier | Modifier | Copulative | Copulative |
| | positive | negative | positive | negative |
| 1st singular | endimthathu | endingemthathu | ndimthathu | andimthathu |
| 2nd singular | omthathu | ongemthathu | umthathu | awumthathu |
| 1st plural | esibathathu | esingebathathu | sibathathu | asibathathu |
| 2nd plural | enibathathu | eningebathathu | nibathathu | anibathathu |
| Class 1 | omthathu | ongemthathu | mthathu | akamthathu |
| Class 2 | abathathu | abangebathathu | bathathu | ababathathu |
| Class 3 | omthathu | ongemthathu | mthathu | awumthathu |
| Class 4 | emithathu | engemithathu | mithathu | ayimithathu |
| Class 5 | elithathu | elingelithathu | lithathu | alilithathu |
| Class 6 | amathathu | angemathathu | mathathu | awamathathu |
| Class 7 | esithathu | esingesithathu | sithathu | asisithathu |
| Class 8 | ezintathu | ezingezintathu | zintathu | azizintathu |
| Class 9 | entathu | engentathu | intathu | ayiyintathu |
| Class 10 | ezintathu | ezingezintathu | zintathu | azizintathu |
| Class 11 | oluthathu | olungeluthathu | luthathu | aluluthathu |
| Class 14 | obuthathu | obungebuthathu | buthathu | abubuthathu |
| Class 15 | okuthathu | okungekuthathu | kuthathu | akukuthathu |
| Class 17 | okuthathu | okungekuthathu | kuthathu | akukuthathu |

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /tʰâːtʰu/

### Adjective

-thâthu
* three

#### Inflection

Adjective concord, tone HH :
| | Modifier | Modifier | Copulative | Copulative |
| | positive | negative | positive | negative |
| 1st singular | engimthathu | engingemthathu | ngimthathu | angimthathu |
| 2nd singular | omthathu | ongemthathu | umthathu | awumthathu |
| 1st plural | esibathathu | esingebathathu | sibathathu | asibathathu |
| 2nd plural | enibathathu | eningebathathu | nibathathu | anibathathu |
| Class 1 | omthathu | ongemthathu | mthathu | akamthathu |
| Class 2 | abathathu | abangebathathu | bathathu | ababathathu |
| Class 3 | omthathu | ongemthathu | mthathu | awumthathu |
| Class 4 | emithathu | engemithathu | mithathu | ayimithathu |
| Class 5 | elithathu | elingelithathu | lithathu | alilithathu |
| Class 6 | amathathu | angemathathu | mathathu | awamathathu |
| Class 7 | esithathu | esingesithathu | sithathu | asisithathu |
| Class 8 | ezintathu | ezingezintathu | zintathu | azizintathu |
| Class 9 | entathu | engentathu, engeyintathu | intathu, yintathu | ayiyintathu |
| Class 10 | ezintathu | ezingezintathu | zintathu | azizintathu |
| Class 11 | oluthathu | olungeluthathu | luthathu | aluluthathu |
| Class 14 | obuthathu | obungebuthathu | buthathu | abubuthathu |
| Class 15 | okuthathu | okungekuthathu | kuthathu | akukuthathu |
| Class 17 | okuthathu | okungekuthathu | kuthathu | akukuthathu |

#### Derived terms

* isithathu

### References

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