inkwenkwezi

Xhosa

Etymology

Reduplication of inkwezi, from ikhwezi (“morning star”), from Proto-Bantu *kʊ̀jédì, from Proto-Bantu *-jéda (“shine”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [íᵑkʷéᵑkʷéːz̥i̤]

Noun

ínkwénkwézi class 9 (plural íinkwénkwézi class 10)

  1. star

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