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Xhosa

noun

  1. language from South Africa
  2. a member of a people in South Africa
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊ.sə/ / /ˈkɔː.sə/ / /ˈkoʊ.sə/

adj

Etymology: Borrowed from Xhosa (ísí)Xhosa (“Xhosa language”) and (úḿ)Xhosa (“Xhosa person”).

  1. Of or pertaining to the Xhosa people.
  2. Of or pertaining to the Xhosa language.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Xhosa (ísí)Xhosa (“Xhosa language”) and (úḿ)Xhosa (“Xhosa person”).

  1. A member of a Bantu people from South Africa, most of whom live in the Eastern Cape.

    “my father remained aloof from Christianity and instead reserved his own faith for the great spirit of the Xhosas, Qamata, the God of his fathers.”

    “In many Xhosa households, Wednesday is umngqusho day. It's the way we all grew up. Like Fridays in the Eastern Cape are always dumplings with meat day.”

  2. The language of these people, a Bantu language related to Zulu.

    ““With the food packages that we drop off, we are adding messages in the local dialect of Xhosa, because this is predominately for the Xhosa areas,” Kolisi said.”