"ni-" meaning in Xhosa

See ni- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-, via an intermediate form *mɪ̀-. Etymology templates: {{inh|xh|bnt-pro|*mʊ̀-}} Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀- Head templates: {{head|xh|prefix|cat2=subject concords}} ni-
  1. you, you all; second-person plural subject concord. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ni--xh-prefix-r01y~agb Categories (other): Xhosa entries with incorrect language header, Xhosa subject concords Disambiguation of Xhosa entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *mʊ́-, via an intermediate form *mɪ́-. Etymology templates: {{inh|xh|bnt-pro|*mʊ́-}} Proto-Bantu *mʊ́- Head templates: {{head|xh|prefix|cat2=object concords}} ni-
  1. you, you all; second-person plural object concord. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ni--xh-prefix-JxfCqF8Q Categories (other): Xhosa entries with incorrect language header, Xhosa object concords Disambiguation of Xhosa entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Xhosa object concords: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for ni- meaning in Xhosa (1.9kB)

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