iqaqa

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Seroa ǃkxʼaǃkxʼa (“weasel”).

Noun

íqaqá class 5 (plural ámáqaqá class 6)

1. polecat

Inflection

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Xhosa

Etymology

From Seroa ǃkxʼaǃkxʼa (“weasel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [íkǃáːkǃá]

Noun

íqáqá class 5 (plural ámaqáqá class 6)

1. skunk, polecat

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Seroa ǃkxʼaǃkxʼa (“weasel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /íːǃaːǃá/

Noun

ī́qaqá class 5 (plural amáqaqá class 6)

1. polecat

Inflection

Class 5/6 (locative eqaqeni)

	singular		plural
full form	iqaqa		amaqaqa
simple form	liqaqa		maqaqa
locative	eqaqeni		emaqaqeni
copulative	yiqaqa		ngamaqaqa
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	weqaqa	oweqaqa	wamaqaqa	owamaqaqa
class 2	beqaqa	abeqaqa	bamaqaqa	abamaqaqa
class 3	weqaqa	oweqaqa	wamaqaqa	owamaqaqa
class 4	yeqaqa	eyeqaqa	yamaqaqa	eyamaqaqa
class 5	leqaqa	eleqaqa	lamaqaqa	elamaqaqa
class 6	eqaqa	aweqaqa	amaqaqa	awamaqaqa
class 7	seqaqa	eseqaqa	samaqaqa	esamaqaqa
class 8	zeqaqa	ezeqaqa	zamaqaqa	ezamaqaqa
class 9	yeqaqa	eyeqaqa	yamaqaqa	eyamaqaqa
class 10	zeqaqa	ezeqaqa	zamaqaqa	ezamaqaqa
class 11	lweqaqa	olweqaqa	lwamaqaqa	olwamaqaqa
class 14	beqaqa	obeqaqa	bamaqaqa	obamaqaqa
class 15	kweqaqa	okweqaqa	kwamaqaqa	okwamaqaqa
class 17	kweqaqa	okweqaqa	kwamaqaqa	okwamaqaqa

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-qaqa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-qaqa (3.2.3-5.4)”