# zulu
## Translingual
### Noun

zulu
* Alternative letter-case form of Zulu of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

## English
### Noun

zulu
* (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Zulu from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

## Catalan
### Adjective

zulu m or f (masculine and feminine plural zulus)
* Zulu

### Noun

zulu m (plural zulus)
* Zulu

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Zulu uḿZulu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈzulu/, [ˈzulu]
* Rhymes: -ulu
* Hyphenation: zu‧lu

### Noun

zulu
* A Zulu.
* The Zulu language.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of zulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
zuluni
zuluni
accusative
nom.
zuluni
zuluni
gen.
zuluni
genitive
zuluni
zulujeni
partitive
zuluani
zulujani
inessive
zulussani
zuluissani
elative
zulustani
zuluistani
illative
zuluuni
zuluihini
adessive
zulullani
zuluillani
ablative
zulultani
zuluiltani
allative
zululleni
zuluilleni
essive
zulunani
zuluinani
translative
zulukseni
zuluikseni
abessive
zuluttani
zuluittani
instructive
comitative
—zuluineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
zulusi
zulusi
accusative
nom.
zulusi
zulusi
gen.
zulusi
genitive
zulusi
zulujesi
partitive
zuluasi
zulujasi
inessive
zulussasi
zuluissasi
elative
zulustasi
zuluistasi
illative
zuluusi
zuluihisi
adessive
zulullasi
zuluillasi
ablative
zulultasi
zuluiltasi
allative
zulullesi
zuluillesi
essive
zulunasi
zuluinasi
translative
zuluksesi
zuluiksesi
abessive
zuluttasi
zuluittasi
instructive
comitative
—zuluinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
zulumme
zulumme
accusative
nom.
zulumme
zulumme
gen.
zulumme
genitive
zulumme
zulujemme
partitive
zuluamme
zulujamme
inessive
zulussamme
zuluissamme
elative
zulustamme
zuluistamme
illative
zuluumme
zuluihimme
adessive
zulullamme
zuluillamme
ablative
zulultamme
zuluiltamme
allative
zulullemme
zuluillemme
essive
zulunamme
zuluinamme
translative
zuluksemme
zuluiksemme
abessive
zuluttamme
zuluittamme
instructive
comitative
—zuluinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
zulunne
zulunne
accusative
nom.
zulunne
zulunne
gen.
zulunne
genitive
zulunne
zulujenne
partitive
zuluanne
zulujanne
inessive
zulussanne
zuluissanne
elative
zulustanne
zuluistanne
illative
zuluunne
zuluihinne
adessive
zulullanne
zuluillanne
ablative
zulultanne
zuluiltanne
allative
zulullenne
zuluillenne
essive
zulunanne
zuluinanne
translative
zuluksenne
zuluiksenne
abessive
zuluttanne
zuluittanne
instructive
comitative
—zuluinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
zulunsa
zulunsa
accusative
nom.
zulunsa
zulunsa
gen.
zulunsa
genitive
zulunsa
zulujensa
partitive
zuluaan zuluansa
zulujaan zulujansa
inessive
zulussaan zulussansa
zuluissaan zuluissansa
elative
zulustaan zulustansa
zuluistaan zuluistansa
illative
zuluunsa
zuluihinsa
adessive
zulullaan zulullansa
zuluillaan zuluillansa
ablative
zulultaan zulultansa
zuluiltaan zuluiltansa
allative
zululleen zulullensa
zuluilleen zuluillensa
essive
zulunaan zulunansa
zuluinaan zuluinansa
translative
zulukseen zuluksensa
zuluikseen zuluiksensa
abessive
zuluttaan zuluttansa
zuluittaan zuluittansa
instructive
comitative
—zuluineen zuluinensa :

#### Derived terms

* Zulumaa
* zulupunakaniini

### Further reading

* “zulu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

## Kituba
### Noun

zulu
* sky

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* zulo

### Etymology

From Zulu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈzu.lu/
* Hyphenation: zu‧lu

### Noun

zulu m or f by sense (plural zulus)
* Zulu (individual member of the Zulu people)
* Zulu (the Bantu language of the Zulu)

### Adjective

zulu m or f (plural zulus, not comparable)
* Zulu (pertaining to the Zulu people or culture)
* Zulu (pertaining to the Zulu language)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Zulu.

### Noun

zulu f (uncountable)
* Zulu language

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Zulu. First attested in 1903.

### Noun

zulu c
* Zulu (individual of that ethnic group)
* (uncountable) Zulu (language of said people)

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | zulu | zulus |
| singular | definite | zulun | zuluns |
| plural | indefinite | zuluer | zuluers |
| plural | definite | zuluerna | zuluernas |

### References

* zulu in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* zulu in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* zulu in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)