"inkuku" meaning in Xhosa

See inkuku in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [íᵑkûːku] Forms: ínkûku [canonical, class-9], íinkûku [class-10, plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *nkʊ́kʊ́, a variant of Proto-Bantu *nkókó. Etymology templates: {{inh|xh|bnt-pro|*nkʊ́kʊ́}} Proto-Bantu *nkʊ́kʊ́, {{inh|xh|bnt-pro|*nkókó}} Proto-Bantu *nkókó Head templates: {{xh-noun|ínkûku|9|10|íinkûku}} ínkûku class 9 (plural íinkûku class 10)
  1. fowl

Download JSON data for inkuku meaning in Xhosa (1.2kB)

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