ngcola

== Northern Ndebele == === Etymology === From a Khoe language. Compare Khoekhoe ǂnaoǂnao (“make dirty”). === Verb === -ngcola (intransitive) to be dirty ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. == Phuthi == === Etymology 1 === From a Khoe language. Compare Khoekhoe ǂnaoǂnao (“make dirty”). ==== Verb ==== -ńgcola to become dirty ===== Inflection ===== This verb needs an inflection-table template. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== -ńgcóla to wash hands ===== Inflection ===== This verb needs an inflection-table template. == Xhosa == === Etymology === From a Khoe language. Compare Khoekhoe ǂnaoǂnao (“make dirty”). === Verb === -ngcola (intransitive) to be dirty ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. === References === Louw, J.A. (2013), “The Impact of Khoesan on Southern Bantu”, in Vossen, Rainer, editor, The Khoesan Languages, Routledge, →ISBN, pages 435-444 == Zulu == === Etymology === From a Khoe language. Compare Khoekhoe ǂnaoǂnao (“make dirty”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ᵑǀʱoːla/ === Verb === -ngcola (intransitive) to be dirty (intransitive) to become contaminated, to become polluted (intransitive) to become corrupted, to become immoral ==== Inflection ==== === References === C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “ngcola”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ngcola (6.3)” Louw, J.A. (2013), “The Impact of Khoesan on Southern Bantu”, in Vossen, Rainer, editor, The Khoesan Languages, Routledge, →ISBN, pages 435-444