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inkosi

inkosi

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Noun

inkosi (plural inkosis or amakosi)

  1. A chief (particularly Zulu).
    • 1956, Margaret Read, The Ngoni of Nyasaland (page 66)
      Before leaving his house to go to the kraal the inkosi had to eat a little porridge.
    • 2012, Richard Whitaker (trans.), Homer (author), The Iliad: A Southern African Translation
      Muse, sing the rage of Peleus’ son Akhilleus, / deadly rage that brought the Akhaians endless pain, / that hurled down to Hades many strong souls / of heroes and made their bodies meat for dogs / and vultures, fulfilling the plan of Zeus, / ever since that day those two quarreled— / inkosi Agamemnon and godlike Akhilleus.

Zulu

Noun

inkosi class 9/6 (plural amakhosi)

  1. chief, king

Inflection

Class 9/6
Singular Plural
Full form inkosi amakhosi
Simple form nkosi makhosi
Locative enkosini emakhosini
Copulative yinkosi ngamakhosi
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Class 1 wenkosi wamakhosi
Class 2 benkosi bamakhosi
Class 3 wenkosi wamakhosi
Class 4 yenkosi yamakhosi
Class 5 lenkosi lamakhosi
Class 6 enkosi amakhosi
Class 7 senkosi samakhosi
Class 8 zenkosi zamakhosi
Class 9 yenkosi yamakhosi
Class 10 zenkosi zamakhosi
Class 11 lwenkosi lwamakhosi
Class 14 benkosi bamakhosi
Class 15 kwenkosi kwamakhosi
Class 17 kwenkosi kwamakhosi

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