"iCawa" meaning in Xhosa

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Noun

IPA: [íkǀáːwa] Forms: íCáwa [canonical, class-9], íiCáwa [class-10, plural]
Etymology: From a Khoe language; compare Khoekhoe ǀhao (“assemble, congregate”). Other cognates in Bantu include Phuthi icawe (“church”)/iCawe (“Sunday”). Etymology templates: {{bor|xh|khi-kho}} Khoe, {{cog|naq|ǀhao||assemble, congregate}} Khoekhoe ǀhao (“assemble, congregate”), {{cog|bnt-phu|icawe||church}} Phuthi icawe (“church”) Head templates: {{xh-noun|íCáwa|9|10|íiCáwa}} íCáwa class 9 (plural íiCáwa class 10)
  1. Sunday
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xh",
        "2": "khi-kho"
      },
      "expansion": "Khoe",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "naq",
        "2": "ǀhao",
        "3": "",
        "4": "assemble, congregate"
      },
      "expansion": "Khoekhoe ǀhao (“assemble, congregate”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-phu",
        "2": "icawe",
        "3": "",
        "4": "church"
      },
      "expansion": "Phuthi icawe (“church”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a Khoe language; compare Khoekhoe ǀhao (“assemble, congregate”). Other cognates in Bantu include Phuthi icawe (“church”)/iCawe (“Sunday”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "íCáwa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-9"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íiCáwa",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íCáwa",
        "2": "9",
        "3": "10",
        "4": "íiCáwa"
      },
      "expansion": "íCáwa class 9 (plural íiCáwa class 10)",
      "name": "xh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Xhosa",
  "lang_code": "xh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Xhosa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Xhosa terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "id": "en-iCawa-xh-noun-hz~vdg5d",
      "links": [
        [
          "Sunday",
          "Sunday"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[íkǀáːwa]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "iCawa"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xh",
        "2": "khi-kho"
      },
      "expansion": "Khoe",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "naq",
        "2": "ǀhao",
        "3": "",
        "4": "assemble, congregate"
      },
      "expansion": "Khoekhoe ǀhao (“assemble, congregate”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-phu",
        "2": "icawe",
        "3": "",
        "4": "church"
      },
      "expansion": "Phuthi icawe (“church”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a Khoe language; compare Khoekhoe ǀhao (“assemble, congregate”). Other cognates in Bantu include Phuthi icawe (“church”)/iCawe (“Sunday”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "íCáwa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-9"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íiCáwa",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "íCáwa",
        "2": "9",
        "3": "10",
        "4": "íiCáwa"
      },
      "expansion": "íCáwa class 9 (plural íiCáwa class 10)",
      "name": "xh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Xhosa",
  "lang_code": "xh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Xhosa class 9 nouns",
        "Xhosa entries with incorrect language header",
        "Xhosa lemmas",
        "Xhosa nouns",
        "Xhosa terms borrowed from Khoe languages",
        "Xhosa terms derived from Khoe languages",
        "Xhosa terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Sunday",
          "Sunday"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[íkǀáːwa]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "iCawa"
}

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