Ekhaya IsiNgesi ukuya isiXhosa uncle

Inguqulelo ka uncle in isiXhosa

uncle

umalume

Ubizo-magama /ung-kuhl/

isibizoPlural uncles

  • 1

    (maternal uncle, i.e. the brother of a person's mother)
    umalume
    my uncle — umalume wam
    your uncle — umalume wakho

  • 2

    (paternal uncle, i.e. the brother of a person's father)
    utatomncinci
    ubawokazi
    utatomdala
    my (junior) uncle — utatomncinci
    my (senior) uncle — utatomdala
    your (junior) uncle — uyihlomncinci
    his (senior) uncle — uyihlomdala

Usetyenziso

In isiXhosa, there is no word that means exactly the same as the English 'uncle'. We have included some of the names for uncles here.