xhosa
See also: Xhosa
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko.sa/, /ksɔ.sa/
Noun
xhosa m (uncountable)
- Xhosa (Xhosa language)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Xhosa, from Xhosa ísíXhosa / úḿXhosa.
Pronunciation
Noun
xhosa m (plural xhosas or xhosa)
- Xhosa (member of a Bantu people from South Africa)
- (uncountable) Xhosa (a Bantu language spoken by the Xhosa)
References
- ^ “xhosa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Further reading
- “xhosa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsosa/ [ˈso.sa], /ˈxosa/ [ˈxo.sa]
- Rhymes: -osa
- Syllabification: xho‧sa
Adjective
xhosa m or f (masculine and feminine plural xhosas)
Noun
xhosa m or f by sense (plural xhosas or xhosa)
Swedish
Noun
xhosa c
- Xhosa (language)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | xhosa | xhosas |
| definite | xhosan | xhosans | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |