inkosikazi
Xhosa
Etymology
From inkosi (“king, chief”) + -kazi (“female suffix”).
Noun
inkosikazi? class 9 (plural amakhosikazi class 6)
- lady, madam, married woman
Inflection
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Zulu
Etymology
From inkosi (“king, chief”) + -kazi (“female suffix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ínkosíɠaːzi/
Noun
ínkosíkazi class 9 (plural ámakhosíkazi class 6)
- wife of a chief
- lady, madam, married woman
Inflection
Class 9/6 | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Full form | inkosikazi | amakosikazi | ||
Locative | enkosikazini | emakosikazini | ||
Singular | Plural | |||
Full form | inkosikazi | amakosikazi | ||
Simple form | nkosikazi | makosikazi | ||
Locative | enkosikazini | emakosikazini | ||
Copulative | yinkosikazi | ngamakosikazi | ||
Possessive forms | ||||
Singular | Plural | |||
Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
Class 1 | wenkosikazi | owenkosikazi | wamakosikazi | owamakosikazi |
Class 2 | benkosikazi | abenkosikazi | bamakosikazi | abamakosikazi |
Class 3 | wenkosikazi | owenkosikazi | wamakosikazi | owamakosikazi |
Class 4 | yenkosikazi | eyenkosikazi | yamakosikazi | eyamakosikazi |
Class 5 | lenkosikazi | elenkosikazi | lamakosikazi | elamakosikazi |
Class 6 | enkosikazi | awenkosikazi | amakosikazi | awamakosikazi |
Class 7 | senkosikazi | esenkosikazi | samakosikazi | esamakosikazi |
Class 8 | zenkosikazi | ezenkosikazi | zamakosikazi | ezamakosikazi |
Class 9 | yenkosikazi | eyenkosikazi | yamakosikazi | eyamakosikazi |
Class 10 | zenkosikazi | ezenkosikazi | zamakosikazi | ezamakosikazi |
Class 11 | lwenkosikazi | olwenkosikazi | lwamakosikazi | olwamakosikazi |
Class 14 | benkosikazi | obenkosikazi | bamakosikazi | obamakosikazi |
Class 15 | kwenkosikazi | okwenkosikazi | kwamakosikazi | okwamakosikazi |
Class 17 | kwenkosikazi | okwenkosikazi | kwamakosikazi | okwamakosikazi |
Derived terms
- ubukhosikazi
See also
- inkosazana
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-khosikazi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khosikazi (2.6.3.9.9)”