inkosana
Xhosa
Etymology
From inkosi + -ana.
Noun
inkosana? class 9 (plural iinkosana class 10)
- prince
Inflection
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Zulu
Etymology
From inkosi + -ana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ínkosâːna/
Noun
ínkosâna class 9 (plural ámakhosâna class 6)
- eldest son
- unmarried young man
- prince
Inflection
| Class 9/6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | inkosana | amakhosana | ||
| Locative | enkosaneni | emakhosaneni | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | inkosana | amakhosana | ||
| Simple form | nkosana | makhosana | ||
| Locative | enkosaneni | emakhosaneni | ||
| Copulative | yinkosana | ngamakhosana | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | wenkosana | owenkosana | wamakhosana | owamakhosana |
| Class 2 | benkosana | abenkosana | bamakhosana | abamakhosana |
| Class 3 | wenkosana | owenkosana | wamakhosana | owamakhosana |
| Class 4 | yenkosana | eyenkosana | yamakhosana | eyamakhosana |
| Class 5 | lenkosana | elenkosana | lamakhosana | elamakhosana |
| Class 6 | enkosana | awenkosana | amakhosana | awamakhosana |
| Class 7 | senkosana | esenkosana | samakhosana | esamakhosana |
| Class 8 | zenkosana | ezenkosana | zamakhosana | ezamakhosana |
| Class 9 | yenkosana | eyenkosana | yamakhosana | eyamakhosana |
| Class 10 | zenkosana | ezenkosana | zamakhosana | ezamakhosana |
| Class 11 | lwenkosana | olwenkosana | lwamakhosana | olwamakhosana |
| Class 14 | benkosana | obenkosana | bamakhosana | obamakhosana |
| Class 15 | kwenkosana | okwenkosana | kwamakhosana | okwamakhosana |
| Class 17 | kwenkosana | okwenkosana | kwamakhosana | okwamakhosana |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-khosana”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khosana (2.4.3-8.9)”