inxa

Catalan

Etymology

According to Moll, probably inherited from Latin īnfula. Another possible origin is a borrowing from French anche (“musical reed”), from Old High German ancha (“leg, shin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈiɲ.ʃə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈiɲ.t͡ʃa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

inxa f (plural inxes)

1. (music) reed
2. (Balearic) quarrel, row
3. (some central subdialects) splinter

Further reading

• “inxa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “inxa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “inxa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inxa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Zulu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iᵑǁâː/

Conjunction

inxâ

1. when, if [with participial]

Alternative forms

• nxa

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “inxá”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “inxá (6.3-8)”