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tywala

root

Alcohol

See also grangqa

Etymology:

Derived from ukutya and igwele (fermentation/yeast); meaning fermented food.

Originally referred to alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer) made according to Xhosa custom (e.g. with sorghum, mealies or wheat and malt) but is nowadays commonly used to refer to all types of alcoholic beverages.

Affixes:

ubu (Class 14 Noun) izi (Class 10 Noun)

utywala

noun (class 14) | ubu + tywala

Alcohol

Example:

Uyabuthanda utywala lamfo. That fellow really loves alcohol.

iindywala

noun (class 10) | izi + tywala

Alcohols; Organic compounds, the simplest members of which consist of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms arranged so that there is an -OH group present.

Context:

The composition suggests the existence of a class 9 noun (indywala < in + tywala); this class (i.e. class 10) variant being a plural of it.

Subject: Chemistry

Example:

Iindywala zizintlobo ngeentlobo. There are many types of alcohols.

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