Xhosa

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Etymology

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Reduplication of inkwezi, from ikhwezi (morning star), from Proto-Bantu *kʊ̀jédì, from Proto-Bantu *-jéda (shine).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [íᵑkʷéᵑkʷéːz̥i̤]

Noun

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ínkwénkwézi class 9 (plural íinkwénkwézi class 10)

  1. star

Inflection

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