umXhosa
Xhosa
Etymology
From the name of a legendary chieftain, whose name means "fierce" or "angry" in a San language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /úḿ̩ˈkǁʰoːsa/
Noun
úḿXhosa class 1 (plural ámáXhosa class 6)
- Xhosa person
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
Zulu
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uḿ̩ǁʰoːsa/
Noun
uḿXhosa class 1 (plural amáXhosa class 6)
- Xhosa person
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | umXhosa | amaXhosa | ||
| simple form | mXhosa | maXhosa | ||
| locative | kumXhosa | emaXhoseni | ||
| copulative | ngumXhosa | ngamaXhosa | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | womXhosa | owomXhosa | wamaXhosa | owamaXhosa |
| class 2 | bomXhosa | abomXhosa | bamaXhosa | abamaXhosa |
| class 3 | womXhosa | owomXhosa | wamaXhosa | owamaXhosa |
| class 4 | yomXhosa | eyomXhosa | yamaXhosa | eyamaXhosa |
| class 5 | lomXhosa | elomXhosa | lamaXhosa | elamaXhosa |
| class 6 | omXhosa | awomXhosa | amaXhosa | awamaXhosa |
| class 7 | somXhosa | esomXhosa | samaXhosa | esamaXhosa |
| class 8 | zomXhosa | ezomXhosa | zamaXhosa | ezamaXhosa |
| class 9 | yomXhosa | eyomXhosa | yamaXhosa | eyamaXhosa |
| class 10 | zomXhosa | ezomXhosa | zamaXhosa | ezamaXhosa |
| class 11 | lomXhosa | olomXhosa | lwamaXhosa | olwamaXhosa |
| class 14 | bomXhosa | obomXhosa | bamaXhosa | obamaXhosa |
| class 15 | komXhosa | okomXhosa | kwamaXhosa | okwamaXhosa |
| class 17 | komXhosa | okomXhosa | kwamaXhosa | okwamaXhosa |
Derived terms
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-Xhoza”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-Xhoza (3.2.9.9)”