Borrowed fromArabicلُبَان(lubān).

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ubani classXI (no plural)

1. incense (a perfume often used in the rites of various religions)
2. afee orpayment, especially one made to afamily that has experienced adeath

• IPA^(key):[úɓáːní]

úbání class1a (pluralóobání class2a)

1. who is (it)?

   Ubani lo mntu?

   Who is this person?

   Ungubani?

   Whoare you?

This noun needs aninflection-table template.

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably uba/oba + -ni "what", but what is uba? u- (class 1a) + -ba "to be"?”)

• IPA^(key):/úɓaːní/

úbaní class1a (pluralobani class2a)

1. who is (it)?

   Ubani lo muntu?

   Who is this person?

   Ungubani?

   Whoare you?

   Ubani ongibize?

   Who called me?

Despite its meaning, this is grammatically a noun, and behaves as a noun in copulative sentences (it takes thengu- copulative prefix). When a verb is added, the verb takes the relative concord rather than a subject concord, so that the combinationUbani ongibize? literally translates toWho is it who called me?.

• C. M. Doke,B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ɓani”, inZulu-English Dictionary,→ISBN: “-ɓani (2.4.3)”