phuza

== Xhosa == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Verb === -phúza to drink (beer) (transitive) to kiss ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. == Zulu == === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Verb ==== -phúza (transitive and intransitive) to drink ===== Inflection ===== ===== Derived terms ===== -phuzeka -phuzisa isiphuzo === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Bantu *-jápʊdia, causative of Proto-Bantu *-jápʊda (“to separate”), from Proto-Bantu *-jápa (“pluck”). ==== Verb ==== -phúza (intransitive) to be slow, to take long (intransitive) to be late ===== Inflection ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== -ephuza ===== Related terms ===== -phula -ephula -phuka -ephuka === References === C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “phuza”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “phuza (3.9)”