khona

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Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni .

Pronoun

khoná

  1. it; class 15 absolute pronoun.

Zulu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni .

Pronoun

khoná

  1. it; class 15 absolute pronoun.
Inflection
Stem -kho, poss. stem -khó
Full form khoná
Locative kúkho
Full form khoná
Locative kúkho
Copulative yíkho
Possessive forms
Modifier Substantive
Class 1 wâkho ówâkho
Class 2 bâkho ábâkho
Class 3 wâkho ówâkho
Class 4 yâkho éyâkho
Class 5 lâkho élâkho
Class 6 âkho áwâkho
Class 7 sâkho ésâkho
Class 8 zâkho ézâkho
Class 9 yâkho éyâkho
Class 10 zâkho ézâkho
Class 11 lwâkho ólwâkho
Class 14 bâkho óbâkho
Class 15 kwâkho ókwâkho
Class 17 kwâkho ókwâkho

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni .

Pronoun

khoná

  1. it; class 17 absolute pronoun.
Usage notes

Class 17 is a default or non-specific class. It is used when referring to an object of an unknown class.

Inflection
Stem -kho, poss. stem -khó
Full form khoná
Locative kúkho
Full form khoná
Locative kúkho
Copulative yíkho
Possessive forms
Modifier Substantive
Class 1 wâkho ówâkho
Class 2 bâkho ábâkho
Class 3 wâkho ówâkho
Class 4 yâkho éyâkho
Class 5 lâkho élâkho
Class 6 âkho áwâkho
Class 7 sâkho ésâkho
Class 8 zâkho ézâkho
Class 9 yâkho éyâkho
Class 10 zâkho ézâkho
Class 11 lwâkho ólwâkho
Class 14 bâkho óbâkho
Class 15 kwâkho ókwâkho
Class 17 kwâkho ókwâkho

Adverb

khoná

  1. there, present (unspecific, non-deictic)
  2. (with an adverb of place or time) right, just
Usage notes

When used negatively, the shorter form kho is used.

Conjunction

khoná

  1. so that, in order that
  2. although, notwithstanding that
  3. when

References

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