# khulu
## Northern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kʊ́dʊ́.

### Adjective

-khûlu
* big, large

#### Inflection

Adjective concord, tone HH :
| | Modifier | Copulative |
| 1st singular | engimkhulu | ngimkhulu |
| 2nd singular | omkhulu | umkhulu |
| 1st plural | esibakhulu | sibakhulu |
| 2nd plural | elibakhulu | libakhulu |
| Class 1 | omkhulu | mkhulu |
| Class 2 | abakhulu | bakhulu |
| Class 3 | omkhulu | mkhulu |
| Class 4 | emikhulu | mikhulu |
| Class 5 | elikhulu | likhulu |
| Class 6 | amakhulu | makhulu |
| Class 7 | esikhulu | sikhulu |
| Class 8 | ezinkulu | zinkulu |
| Class 9 | enkulu | inkulu |
| Class 10 | ezinkulu | zinkulu |
| Class 11 | olukhulu | lukhulu |
| Class 14 | obukhulu | bukhulu |
| Class 15 | okukhulu | kukhulu |
| Class 17 | okukhulu | kukhulu |

## Southern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kʊ́dʊ́.

### Adjective

-khûlu
* big, large

#### Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

## Swazi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kʊ́dʊ́.

### Adjective

-khûlu
* old man

#### Inflection

Adjective concord, tone HH :
| | Modifier | Copulative |
| 1st singular | lengimkhulu | ngimkhulu |
| 2nd singular | lomkhulu | umkhulu |
| 1st plural | lesibakhulu | sibakhulu |
| 2nd plural | lenibakhulu | nibakhulu |
| Class 1 | lomkhulu | mkhulu |
| Class 2 | labakhulu | bakhulu |
| Class 3 | lomkhulu | mkhulu |
| Class 4 | lemikhulu | mikhulu |
| Class 5 | lelikhulu | likhulu |
| Class 6 | lamakhulu | makhulu |
| Class 7 | lesikhulu | sikhulu |
| Class 8 | letinkhulu | tinkhulu |
| Class 9 | lenkhulu | inkhulu |
| Class 10 | letinkhulu | tinkhulu |
| Class 11 | lolukhulu | lukhulu |
| Class 14 | lobukhulu | bukhulu |
| Class 15 | lokukhulu | kukhulu |
| Class 17 | lokukhulu | kukhulu |

#### Derived terms

* mkhulu

## Xhosa
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kʊ́dʊ́.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kʰûːlu]

### Adjective

-khûlu
* big, large

#### Inflection

Adjective concord, tone HH :
| | Modifier | Modifier | Copulative | Copulative |
| | positive | negative | positive | negative |
| 1st singular | endimkhulu | endingemkhulu | ndimkhulu | andimkhulu |
| 2nd singular | omkhulu | ongemkhulu | umkhulu | awumkhulu |
| 1st plural | esibakhulu | esingebakhulu | sibakhulu | asibakhulu |
| 2nd plural | enibakhulu | eningebakhulu | nibakhulu | anibakhulu |
| Class 1 | omkhulu | ongemkhulu | mkhulu | akamkhulu |
| Class 2 | abakhulu | abangebakhulu | bakhulu | ababakhulu |
| Class 3 | omkhulu | ongemkhulu | mkhulu | awumkhulu |
| Class 4 | emikhulu | engemikhulu | mikhulu | ayimikhulu |
| Class 5 | elikhulu | elingelikhulu | likhulu | alilikhulu |
| Class 6 | amakhulu | angemakhulu | makhulu | awamakhulu |
| Class 7 | esikhulu | esingesikhulu | sikhulu | asisikhulu |
| Class 8 | ezinkulu | ezingezinkulu | zinkulu | azizinkulu |
| Class 9 | enkulu | engenkulu | inkulu | ayiyinkulu |
| Class 10 | ezinkulu | ezingezinkulu | zinkulu | azizinkulu |
| Class 11 | olukhulu | olungelukhulu | lukhulu | alulukhulu |
| Class 14 | obukhulu | obungebukhulu | bukhulu | abubukhulu |
| Class 15 | okukhulu | okungekukhulu | kukhulu | akukukhulu |
| Class 17 | okukhulu | okungekukhulu | kukhulu | akukukhulu |

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kʊ́dʊ́.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰûːlu/

### Adjective

-khûlu
* big, large
* main, most important

#### Inflection

Adjective concord, tone HH :
| | Modifier | Modifier | Copulative | Copulative |
| | positive | negative | positive | negative |
| 1st singular | engimkhulu | engingemkhulu | ngimkhulu | angimkhulu |
| 2nd singular | omkhulu | ongemkhulu | umkhulu | awumkhulu |
| 1st plural | esibakhulu | esingebakhulu | sibakhulu | asibakhulu |
| 2nd plural | enibakhulu | eningebakhulu | nibakhulu | anibakhulu |
| Class 1 | omkhulu | ongemkhulu | mkhulu | akamkhulu |
| Class 2 | abakhulu | abangebakhulu | bakhulu | ababakhulu |
| Class 3 | omkhulu | ongemkhulu | mkhulu | awumkhulu |
| Class 4 | emikhulu | engemikhulu | mikhulu | ayimikhulu |
| Class 5 | elikhulu | elingelikhulu | likhulu | alilikhulu |
| Class 6 | amakhulu | angemakhulu | makhulu | awamakhulu |
| Class 7 | esikhulu | esingesikhulu | sikhulu | asisikhulu |
| Class 8 | ezinkulu | ezingezinkulu | zinkulu | azizinkulu |
| Class 9 | enkulu | engenkulu, engeyinkulu | inkulu, yinkulu | ayiyinkulu |
| Class 10 | ezinkulu | ezingezinkulu | zinkulu | azizinkulu |
| Class 11 | olukhulu | olungelukhulu | lukhulu | alulukhulu |
| Class 14 | obukhulu | obungebukhulu | bukhulu | abubukhulu |
| Class 15 | okukhulu | okungekukhulu | kukhulu | akukukhulu |
| Class 17 | okukhulu | okungekukhulu | kukhulu | akukukhulu |

#### Derived terms

* ikhulu
* isikhulu
* omkhulu
* ubukhulu
* umkhulu

### References

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