ikhaya

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Common Bantu *ìkáájà.

Noun

íkhâya class 5 (plural ámákhâya class 6)

1. home
2. household

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Common Bantu *ìkáájà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [íkʰâːja]

Noun

íkhâya class 5 (plural ámákhâya class 6)

1. home
2. household

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Common Bantu *ìkáájà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /îːkʰâːja/

Noun

îkhâya class 5 (plural ámakhâya class 6)

1. home
2. household

Inflection

Class 5/6, short locative
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ikhaya	amakhaya
Locative	ekhaya	emakhaya
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ikhaya		amakhaya
Simple form	likhaya		makhaya
Locative	ekhaya		emakhaya
Copulative	yikhaya		ngamakhaya
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wekhaya	owekhaya	wamakhaya	owamakhaya
Class 2	bekhaya	abekhaya	bamakhaya	abamakhaya
Class 3	wekhaya	owekhaya	wamakhaya	owamakhaya
Class 4	yekhaya	eyekhaya	yamakhaya	eyamakhaya
Class 5	lekhaya	elekhaya	lamakhaya	elamakhaya
Class 6	ekhaya	awekhaya	amakhaya	awamakhaya
Class 7	sekhaya	esekhaya	samakhaya	esamakhaya
Class 8	zekhaya	ezekhaya	zamakhaya	ezamakhaya
Class 9	yekhaya	eyekhaya	yamakhaya	eyamakhaya
Class 10	zekhaya	ezekhaya	zamakhaya	ezamakhaya
Class 11	lwekhaya	olwekhaya	lwamakhaya	olwamakhaya
Class 14	bekhaya	obekhaya	bamakhaya	obamakhaya
Class 15	kwekhaya	okwekhaya	kwamakhaya	okwamakhaya
Class 17	kwekhaya	okwekhaya	kwamakhaya	okwamakhaya

Derived terms

• umkhaya

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-khaya”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khaya (2.6.3-8.9)”