inkosana
Xhosa
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [íᵑkósâːna]
Noun
ínkósâna class 9 (plural ámákhósâna class 6)
Inflection
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Zulu
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ínkosâːna/
Noun
ínkosâna class 9 (plural ámakhosâna class 6)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | inkosana | amakhosana | ||
| simple form | nkosana | makhosana | ||
| locative | enkosaneni | emakhosaneni | ||
| copulative | yinkosana | ngamakhosana | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | wenkosana | owenkosana | wamakhosana | owamakhosana |
| class 2 | benkosana | abenkosana | bamakhosana | abamakhosana |
| class 3 | wenkosana | owenkosana | wamakhosana | owamakhosana |
| class 4 | yenkosana | eyenkosana | yamakhosana | eyamakhosana |
| class 5 | lenkosana | elenkosana | lamakhosana | elamakhosana |
| class 6 | enkosana | awenkosana | amakhosana | awamakhosana |
| class 7 | senkosana | esenkosana | samakhosana | esamakhosana |
| class 8 | zenkosana | ezenkosana | zamakhosana | ezamakhosana |
| class 9 | yenkosana | eyenkosana | yamakhosana | eyamakhosana |
| class 10 | zenkosana | ezenkosana | zamakhosana | ezamakhosana |
| class 11 | lwenkosana | olwenkosana | lwamakhosana | olwamakhosana |
| class 14 | benkosana | obenkosana | bamakhosana | obamakhosana |
| class 15 | kwenkosana | okwenkosana | kwamakhosana | okwamakhosana |
| class 17 | kwenkosana | okwenkosana | kwamakhosana | okwamakhosana |
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-khosana”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khosana (2.4.3-8.9)”