iziGaba zamaBizo – White ZuluI am on a quest – to define and refine and redefine the inclusion criteria for each of the iziGaba zamaBizo (Noun Classes) of isiZulu. As such, I will be writing sections on each of them, looking at their different inhabitants. Please be aware that this is my personal interpretation of them – not Meinhof’s, or Doke’s, or Nyembezi’s.To begin with, here is an overview of the Noun Classes. Below is a list of them, which has some links to blogs illustrating the practical(ish) implications of them.amaBizo esiGaba sabaNtu – Human Noun ClassumvukelambusoUJacob Gedleyihlekisa wakwaZuma (aka uMsholozi)uNtulikaziuZibandlelausokleleuNcibijaneamaBizo esiGaba semiThi nemiFula – Simple Solid Noun Classumphikwaumendo nomshado nomgcagcoamaBizo esiGaba seLanga namaNzi – Simple Fluid Noun ClassamasimbaiqoloamaBizo esiGaba sesAndla neziKhumba nesiNtu – Complex Solid Noun ClassisifazaneisililiisilisaisijobeleloisikhandaamaBizo esiGaba sezinKomo neziNyanga – Seasonal Noun ClassinguqukoimpendukoingungumbaneamaBizo esiGaba soluJu noThando neziNwabu – Complex Fluid Noun ClassamaBizo esiGaba soBuntu nobuBi noTshwala – Essential Noun ClassubulongweubukhweamaBizo esiGaba sokuDla nokuBa nokwEnza – Verbal Noun Classukubusaukucwasa nokucasaukukhohlwa nokukholwaukuzuma nokusholozaukuhlanganyela nokubambisanaukugana, ukushada nokwendauko*ukuhleba nokulalelaukudlwengula nokudwengulaukuhlukumezaukunukubezaukuvimba nokuvimbezelaukushiyaukudabuka7 thoughts on “iziGaba zamaBizo”I’m doing a project on ideophones and sound symbolism in Zulu,I was wondering whether you had any recordings or anything, would be a great help!Hi there! Yes, I have quite a bit of stuff. I assume you’ve seen the Ideophones section in Doke’s Handbook of Zulu Grammar? It’s awesome. I can send it to you, although you’ll need dropbox.Hey! Yes, I’ve read that section of Doke’s handbook of Zulu grammar. Thank you for that! Do you think you could send me some recordings? I’d be very grateful!!actually… if you could send me that section doke’s grammar then that would be great, someone else has taken it out of the library so i can’t get hold of it! My name is emily franklin, my e-mail is 535977@soas.ac.ukhandbooks says:Hi can someone send me Doke’s,Meinhof,Canonic and Mathonsi’s handbook i have a assignment to submit monday the 29th February pleasehi I need each noun is found on which number.-izigaba zamabizoYou can find that information in Doke and Sikhakhane’s dictionary, and online at isiZulu.net
