ikhaya

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Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Common Bantu *ìkáájà.

Noun

íkhâya class 5 (plural ámákhâya class 6)

  1. home
  2. household

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Common Bantu *ìkáájà.

Pronunciation

Noun

íkhâya class 5 (plural ámákhâya class 6)

  1. home
  2. household

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Common Bantu *ìkáájà.

Pronunciation

Noun

îkhâya class 5 (plural ámakhâya class 6)

  1. home
  2. household

Inflection

Class 5/6, short locative
Singular Plural
Full form ikhaya amakhaya
Locative ekhaya emakhaya
Singular Plural
Full form ikhaya amakhaya
Simple form likhaya makhaya
Locative ekhaya emakhaya
Copulative yikhaya ngamakhaya
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 wekhaya owekhaya wamakhaya owamakhaya
Class 2 bekhaya abekhaya bamakhaya abamakhaya
Class 3 wekhaya owekhaya wamakhaya owamakhaya
Class 4 yekhaya eyekhaya yamakhaya eyamakhaya
Class 5 lekhaya elekhaya lamakhaya elamakhaya
Class 6 ekhaya awekhaya amakhaya awamakhaya
Class 7 sekhaya esekhaya samakhaya esamakhaya
Class 8 zekhaya ezekhaya zamakhaya ezamakhaya
Class 9 yekhaya eyekhaya yamakhaya eyamakhaya
Class 10 zekhaya ezekhaya zamakhaya ezamakhaya
Class 11 lwekhaya olwekhaya lwamakhaya olwamakhaya
Class 14 bekhaya obekhaya bamakhaya obamakhaya
Class 15 kwekhaya okwekhaya kwamakhaya okwamakhaya
Class 17 kwekhaya okwekhaya kwamakhaya okwamakhaya

Derived terms

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