igwababa
class 5, class 6
The Zulu word for crow is igwababa.
igwababa is used to refer to any bird belonging to the genus Corvus.
Meaning: any bird of the genus Corvus (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
igwababa is a noun that can belong to class 5 or class 6.
Did you know?
- Because Zulu is an agglutinative language, a single word based on igwababa can be expanded with prefixes and suffixes to describe the crow's action or state without needing separate words.
- The word igwababa belongs to a noun class system that categorizes words by type, rather than just gender as seen in Romance languages.
- Because igwababa belongs to class 5 or 6, the word will change its prefix depending on whether you are talking about one crow or many crows.
Example sentences for Zulu are not verified yet.
Example conversation
Mlungisi and Nomalusa are walking in a park.
- MlungisiBuka lelo gwababa lasezihlahleni.Look at that crow in the trees.
- NomalusaLiyethusa impela, Mlungisi.It is really scary, Mlungisi.
- MlungisiIgwababa lizama ukuthatha ukudla.The crow is trying to take the food.
- NomalusaAsimnike kancane, Nomalusa.Let's give it a little bit, Nomalusa.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “crow” translations and entries igwababa, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
