igciwane

Xhosa

Etymology

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Noun

igciwane^? class 5 (plural amagciwane class 6)

1. germ, bacterium, microbe

Inflection

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Zulu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /íːᶢǀʱiwáːne/

Noun

ī́gciwáne class 5 (plural amágciwáne class 6)

1. germ, bacterium, microbe

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	igciwane	amagciwane
Locative	egciwaneni	emagciwaneni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	igciwane		amagciwane
Simple form	ligciwane		magciwane
Locative	egciwaneni		emagciwaneni
Copulative	yigciwane		ngamagciwane
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wegciwane	owegciwane	wamagciwane	owamagciwane
Class 2	begciwane	abegciwane	bamagciwane	abamagciwane
Class 3	wegciwane	owegciwane	wamagciwane	owamagciwane
Class 4	yegciwane	eyegciwane	yamagciwane	eyamagciwane
Class 5	legciwane	elegciwane	lamagciwane	elamagciwane
Class 6	egciwane	awegciwane	amagciwane	awamagciwane
Class 7	segciwane	esegciwane	samagciwane	esamagciwane
Class 8	zegciwane	ezegciwane	zamagciwane	ezamagciwane
Class 9	yegciwane	eyegciwane	yamagciwane	eyamagciwane
Class 10	zegciwane	ezegciwane	zamagciwane	ezamagciwane
Class 11	lwegciwane	olwegciwane	lwamagciwane	olwamagciwane
Class 14	begciwane	obegciwane	bamagciwane	obamagciwane
Class 15	kwegciwane	okwegciwane	kwamagciwane	okwamagciwane
Class 17	kwegciwane	okwegciwane	kwamagciwane	okwamagciwane

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-gciwane”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-gciwane (3.2.6.3.9)”