"bona" meaning in Xhosa

See bona in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: [ɓoːná] Forms: boná [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Nguni *boná. Etymology templates: {{inh|xh|bnt-ngu-pro|*boná}} Proto-Nguni *boná Head templates: {{head|xh|pronoun|cat2=personal pronouns|head=boná}} boná
  1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.
    Sense id: en-bona-xh-pron-wad1oefb Categories (other): Xhosa personal pronouns, Xhosa pronouns Disambiguation of Xhosa personal pronouns: 46 54 Disambiguation of Xhosa pronouns: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: [ɓoːná] Forms: boná [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Nguni *boná. Etymology templates: {{inh|xh|bnt-ngu-pro|*boná}} Proto-Nguni *boná Head templates: {{head|xh|pronoun|cat2=personal pronouns|head=boná}} boná
  1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.
    Sense id: en-bona-xh-pron-3IYZvNQm Categories (other): Xhosa personal pronouns, Xhosa pronouns Disambiguation of Xhosa personal pronouns: 46 54 Disambiguation of Xhosa pronouns: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: -bôna [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *-bóna. Etymology templates: {{inh|xh|bnt-pro|*-bóna}} Proto-Bantu *-bóna Head templates: {{xh-verb|bôna}} -bôna
  1. to see Derived forms: -bonisa, -bonisisa
    Sense id: en-bona-xh-verb-6g1zNN7- Categories (other): Xhosa entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Xhosa entries with incorrect language header: 19 23 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Download JSON data for bona meaning in Xhosa (2.5kB)

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