- a variation of Xhosa.
Xosa
Americannoun
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Xosas,
plural
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Xosa
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When Makeba sings or talks in her native Xosa dialect, its expressive staccato clicks sound like the popping of champagne corks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Who comes there?” he cried in the Xosa tongue.
From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Bertram Mitford
After this they returned to the fire, and found Xosa busy cleaning the meat which, on account of the overturning of the pot, was full of ashes.
From The White Hecatomb And other Stories by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
Now hear the word of Sarili, your father, the Paramount Chief, the father of all the children of Xosa.
From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Bertram Mitford
The Warlock rolled on in her newly-established orbit about Xosa II.
From Sand Doom by Murray Leinster
But all, both northern Zulus and southern Xosas, are essentially one people in speech, physique, usages and social institutions.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
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