Xhosa
See also: xhosa
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Xhosa, where the sequence xh denotes a click (/ˈǁʰoːsa/).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ.sə/,[1][2][3] /ˈkɔ.sə/[2][3]
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ.sə/,[2] /ˈkɔː.sə/[1][2]
Noun
Xhosa (countable and uncountable, plural Xhosas or Xhosa)
- (countable) Any member of a Bantu people from South Africa, most of whom live in the Eastern Cape.
- (uncountable) The language of these people, a Bantu language related to Zulu.
Translations
Xhosa language
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Xhosa people
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Xhosa terms
- Xhosa - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.
- Xhosa - English & English - Xhosa Translator at Albion College
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oxford Advanced learner's Dictionary
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 “Xhosa” (US) / “Xhosa” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “Xhosa”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Further reading
- The template Template:ISO 639 does not use the parameter(s):
1code=xh
code=xho
link=Ethnologue Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.(international standards) language code for [[w:ISO 639:Xhosa|Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Xhosa" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.]].
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Xhosa
- English terms derived from Xhosa
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English indeclinable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- Pages using bad params when calling Template:ISO 639
- en:Languages