inkosikazi

Xhosa

Etymology

From inkosi (“king, chief”) +‎ -kazi (“female suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [íᵑkósíkaːz̥i̤]

Noun

ínkósíkazi class 9 (plural ámákhósíkazi class 6)

1. lady, madam, married woman

Inflection

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Zulu

Etymology

From inkosi (“king, chief”) +‎ -kazi (“female suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ínkosíɠaːzi/

Noun

ínkosíkazi class 9 (plural ámakhosíkazi class 6)

1. wife of a chief
2. lady, madam, married woman

Inflection

Class 9/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	inkosikazi	amakosikazi
Locative	enkosikazini	emakosikazini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	inkosikazi		amakosikazi
Simple form	nkosikazi		makosikazi
Locative	enkosikazini		emakosikazini
Copulative	yinkosikazi		ngamakosikazi
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wenkosikazi	owenkosikazi	wamakosikazi	owamakosikazi
Class 2	benkosikazi	abenkosikazi	bamakosikazi	abamakosikazi
Class 3	wenkosikazi	owenkosikazi	wamakosikazi	owamakosikazi
Class 4	yenkosikazi	eyenkosikazi	yamakosikazi	eyamakosikazi
Class 5	lenkosikazi	elenkosikazi	lamakosikazi	elamakosikazi
Class 6	enkosikazi	awenkosikazi	amakosikazi	awamakosikazi
Class 7	senkosikazi	esenkosikazi	samakosikazi	esamakosikazi
Class 8	zenkosikazi	ezenkosikazi	zamakosikazi	ezamakosikazi
Class 9	yenkosikazi	eyenkosikazi	yamakosikazi	eyamakosikazi
Class 10	zenkosikazi	ezenkosikazi	zamakosikazi	ezamakosikazi
Class 11	lwenkosikazi	olwenkosikazi	lwamakosikazi	olwamakosikazi
Class 14	benkosikazi	obenkosikazi	bamakosikazi	obamakosikazi
Class 15	kwenkosikazi	okwenkosikazi	kwamakosikazi	okwamakosikazi
Class 17	kwenkosikazi	okwenkosikazi	kwamakosikazi	okwamakosikazi

Derived terms

• ubukhosikazi

See also

• inkosazana

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-khosikazi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khosikazi (2.6.3.9.9)”