"inyama" meaning in Xhosa

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Noun

IPA: [íɲaːma] Forms: ínyama [canonical, class-9], íinyama [class-10, plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà. Etymology templates: {{inh|xh|bnt-pro|*nɲàmà}} Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà Head templates: {{xh-noun|ínyama|9|10|íinyama}} ínyama class 9 (plural íinyama class 10)
  1. meat, flesh Categories (topical): Foods, Meats

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xh",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*nɲàmà"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ínyama",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-9"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íinyama",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ínyama",
        "2": "9",
        "3": "10",
        "4": "íinyama"
      },
      "expansion": "ínyama class 9 (plural íinyama class 10)",
      "name": "xh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Xhosa",
  "lang_code": "xh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Xhosa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Xhosa terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "xh",
          "name": "Foods",
          "orig": "xh:Foods",
          "parents": [
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "xh",
          "name": "Meats",
          "orig": "xh:Meats",
          "parents": [
            "Foods",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meat, flesh"
      ],
      "id": "en-inyama-xh-noun-Jm-7ucOH",
      "links": [
        [
          "meat",
          "meat"
        ],
        [
          "flesh",
          "flesh"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[íɲaːma]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inyama"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zu:Body",
    "zu:Foods",
    "zu:Meats"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xh",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*nɲàmà"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ínyama",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-9"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íinyama",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ínyama",
        "2": "9",
        "3": "10",
        "4": "íinyama"
      },
      "expansion": "ínyama class 9 (plural íinyama class 10)",
      "name": "xh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Xhosa",
  "lang_code": "xh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 7 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Xhosa class 9 nouns",
        "Xhosa entries with incorrect language header",
        "Xhosa lemmas",
        "Xhosa nouns",
        "Xhosa terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
        "Xhosa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
        "Xhosa terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "xh:Foods",
        "xh:Meats"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meat, flesh"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meat",
          "meat"
        ],
        [
          "flesh",
          "flesh"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[íɲaːma]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inyama"
}

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