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)

1. Xhosa person

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• isiXhosa

Zulu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uḿ̩ǁʰoːsa/

Noun

uḿXhosa class 1 (plural amáXhosa class 6)

1. Xhosa person

Inflection

Class 1/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	umXhosa	amaXhosa
Locative	kumXhosa	emaXhoseni
	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

• isiXhosa

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-Xhoza”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-Xhoza (3.2.9.9)”