Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗name
The native language of the Xhosa people, a Bantu language related to Zulu.
noun
A member of a Bantu people from South Africa, most of whom live in the Eastern Cape.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOf or pertaining to the Xhosa people. · Of or pertaining to the Xhosa language.
Borrowed from Xhosa (ísí)Xhosa (“Xhosa language”) and (úḿ)Xhosa (“Xhosa person”).
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- Borrowed-form mentionísíXhosaxh · Xhosa language
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