Ingcibi is a Xhosa traditional surgeon who performs circumcisions on young males during initiation.
Example

His grandfather is ingcibi of the village.

Sinazo 08 May 2021
Ingqithi is a Xhosa custom of amputating the joint of the little finger, or of the ring finger on babies and sometimes adults.
Example

My finger is like this because I have ingqithi.

MXhosa 12 October 2022

Ingwe in a Xhosa and Zulu word for a leopard.
Example

Ingwe idla ngamabala.

Khingh 21 September 2025
Intsomi is a Xhosa term for a tale. Those stories our grandparents used to tell us when we were young.
Example

Hayi yintsomi, Hayi yi film.

MXhosa 16 February 2023

Intusi sisithetha-ntonye sobisi. Intusi is Milk in isiXhosa dialect.
Example

Intusi yesizwe isengwa ezinkomeni zelali.

Khingh 21 September 2025
Inxila is a Xhosa term for a drunkard.
Example

Ubhuti wakho linxila lokwenyani.

Translation: Your brother is a real drunkard.

MXhosa 28 May 2021

Inyathi is a Xhosa and Zulu word for a buffalo.
Example

Inyathi ibuzwa kwabayaziyo.

Khingh 21 September 2025
It's a Xhosa word for a cologne
Example

Can you borrow me your qula

snezzo 29 June 2024

I’m Xhosa, isidovela is a meal where rice is cooked with potatoes in the same pot. You mix it until it kinda looks like pap. You also have to add Spice for rice or Rajah to make it yellow.
Example

Today I am cooking isidovela.

MXhosa 14 December 2022
Isidubada is an informal Xhosa dialect where you add a “d” after every sound. For example “Molweni” would be “modolwedenidi”.
Example

Zikhona Sodlaka spoke isidubada in an episode of Gqeberha the Empire.

MXhosa 15 March 2023


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