ixoxo
Northern Ndebele
Noun
íxoxo class 5 (plural ámáxoxo class 6)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Etymology
Cognate with Khoekhoe ǁgôab (“bullfrog”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [íkǁoːkǁo]
Noun
íxoxo class 5 (plural ámáxoxo class 6)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /íːǁoːǁo/
Noun
ī́xoxo class 5 (plural amáxoxo class 6)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | ixoxo | amaxoxo | ||
| simple form | lixoxo | maxoxo | ||
| locative | exoxweni | emaxoxweni | ||
| copulative | yixoxo | ngamaxoxo | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | wexoxo | owexoxo | wamaxoxo | owamaxoxo |
| class 2 | bexoxo | abexoxo | bamaxoxo | abamaxoxo |
| class 3 | wexoxo | owexoxo | wamaxoxo | owamaxoxo |
| class 4 | yexoxo | eyexoxo | yamaxoxo | eyamaxoxo |
| class 5 | lexoxo | elexoxo | lamaxoxo | elamaxoxo |
| class 6 | exoxo | awexoxo | amaxoxo | awamaxoxo |
| class 7 | sexoxo | esexoxo | samaxoxo | esamaxoxo |
| class 8 | zexoxo | ezexoxo | zamaxoxo | ezamaxoxo |
| class 9 | yexoxo | eyexoxo | yamaxoxo | eyamaxoxo |
| class 10 | zexoxo | ezexoxo | zamaxoxo | ezamaxoxo |
| class 11 | lwexoxo | olwexoxo | lwamaxoxo | olwamaxoxo |
| class 14 | bexoxo | obexoxo | bamaxoxo | obamaxoxo |
| class 15 | kwexoxo | okwexoxo | kwamaxoxo | okwamaxoxo |
| class 17 | kwexoxo | okwexoxo | kwamaxoxo | okwamaxoxo |
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-xoxo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-xoxo (3.2.9.9)”