inxele

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Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Khoekhoe *ǁare.

Noun

ínxêle class 5 (plural ámánxêle class 6)

  1. lefthanded person, lefty

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Khoekhoe *ǁare.

Pronunciation

Noun

ínxêle class 5 (plural ámánxêle class 6)

  1. lefthanded person, lefty

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Khoekhoe *ǁare.

Pronunciation

Noun

înxêle class 5 (plural ámanxêle class 6)

  1. lefthanded person, lefty

Inflection

Class 5/6
Singular Plural
Full form inxele amanxele
Locative enxeleni emanxeleni
Singular Plural
Full form inxele amanxele
Simple form linxele manxele
Locative enxeleni emanxeleni
Copulative yinxele ngamanxele
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 wenxele owenxele wamanxele owamanxele
Class 2 benxele abenxele bamanxele abamanxele
Class 3 wenxele owenxele wamanxele owamanxele
Class 4 yenxele eyenxele yamanxele eyamanxele
Class 5 lenxele elenxele lamanxele elamanxele
Class 6 enxele awenxele amanxele awamanxele
Class 7 senxele esenxele samanxele esamanxele
Class 8 zenxele ezenxele zamanxele ezamanxele
Class 9 yenxele eyenxele yamanxele eyamanxele
Class 10 zenxele ezenxele zamanxele ezamanxele
Class 11 lwenxele olwenxele lwamanxele olwamanxele
Class 14 benxele obenxele bamanxele obamanxele
Class 15 kwenxele okwenxele kwamanxele okwamanxele
Class 17 kwenxele okwenxele kwamanxele okwamanxele

Derived terms

References

  • C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-nxele”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN:-nxele (2.6.3-8.9)
  • Ehret, Christopher (2008) “The early livestock-raisers of southern Africa”, in Southern African Humanities, volume 20, pages 7–35