XHOSAROOTS
abaamagama 1–10 kwa-10goba

Amagama

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abaverb (directive) · 10 IINGUQU

1. Share; Split; Divide; Apportion 2. Distribute Copulative form yaba (common in spoken language)

aba + ani → abani

General

bawaverb (directive) · 11 IINGUQU

1. Crave; Covet; Desire to have (something/someone) 2. Be greedy or avaricious

uku + bawa → ukubawa

General

ntyontyaverb (directive) · 2 IINGUQU

Whistle

uku + ntyontya → ukuntyontya

General

nxilaverb (instructive) · 4 IINGUQU

Get or be drunk; Be intoxicated

ili + nxila → inxila

General

grangqaroot · 1 IINGUQU

Alcohol; Brandy (spirit alcohol) See also utywala

ili + grangqa → igrangqa

General · Liquids

tywalaroot · 2 IINGUQU

Alcohol See also grangqa

ubu + tywala → utywala

General

yezanoun · 2 IINGUQU

A medicine; A mixture, elixir, or any substance (usually derived from plants and animals) that can be used to heal or to harm (both physically and spiritually)

ili + yeza → iyeza

General

bumbaverb (directive) · 3 IINGUQU

Mold; Mould; Create; Fashion; Form

isi + bumba + u → isibumbu

General

thethaverb · 16 IINGUQU

Speak; Talk; Engage in conversation; Discuss Reduplicated form ukuthethathetha (being loquacious or verbose).

um + thetha + o → umthetho

General

goba †verb · 9 IINGUQU

Bend; change the shape of an object into a curve or angle. The reduplicated form of goba is khokhoba < gogoba < gobagoba (as in, "Ukhule ungakhokhobi"). Ukukhokhoba to walk with the body bent forward; indicative of elderly people's way of walking.

um + goba + o → umgobo

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† ingcambu yaseKemet — root traced to ancient Egyptian