inxa

Catalan

Etymology

According to Moll, probably inherited from Latin īnfula. Another possible origin is a borrowing from French anche (“musical reed”), from Old High German ancha (“leg, shin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈiɲ.ʃə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈiɲ.t͡ʃa]

Noun

inxa f (plural inxes)

1. (music) reed
2. (Balearic) quarrel, row
3. (some central subdialects) splinter

Further reading

• “inxa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inxa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “inxa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inxa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Zulu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iᵑǁâː/

Conjunction

inxâ

1. when, if [+participial]

Alternative forms

• nxa

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “inxá”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “inxá (6.3-8)”