ixoxo

ixoxo

Northern Ndebele

Noun

ixoxo^? class 5 (plural amaxoxo class 6)

1. frog

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Xhosa

Etymology

Cognate with Nama ǁgôab (“bullfrog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [íkǁoːkǁo]

Noun

íxoxo class 5 (plural ámáxoxo class 6)

1. frog

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Zulu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /íːǁoːǁo/

Noun

ī́xoxo class 5 (plural amáxoxo class 6)

1. conversation, talk
2. frog

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ixoxo	amaxoxo
Locative	exoxweni	emaxoxweni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ixoxo		amaxoxo
Simple form	lixoxo		maxoxo
Locative	exoxweni		emaxoxweni
Copulative	yixoxo		ngamaxoxo
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wexoxo	owexoxo	wamaxoxo	owamaxoxo
Class 2	bexoxo	abexoxo	bamaxoxo	abamaxoxo
Class 3	wexoxo	owexoxo	wamaxoxo	owamaxoxo
Class 4	yexoxo	eyexoxo	yamaxoxo	eyamaxoxo
Class 5	lexoxo	elexoxo	lamaxoxo	elamaxoxo
Class 6	exoxo	awexoxo	amaxoxo	awamaxoxo
Class 7	sexoxo	esexoxo	samaxoxo	esamaxoxo
Class 8	zexoxo	ezexoxo	zamaxoxo	ezamaxoxo
Class 9	yexoxo	eyexoxo	yamaxoxo	eyamaxoxo
Class 10	zexoxo	ezexoxo	zamaxoxo	ezamaxoxo
Class 11	lwexoxo	olwexoxo	lwamaxoxo	olwamaxoxo
Class 14	bexoxo	obexoxo	bamaxoxo	obamaxoxo
Class 15	kwexoxo	okwexoxo	kwamaxoxo	okwamaxoxo
Class 17	kwexoxo	okwexoxo	kwamaxoxo	okwamaxoxo

References

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