Where does “xakeka” come from?

xakeka (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa -eka, from Proto-Bantu -ɪka — Stative suffix or neutral-passive suffix, forming verbs which mean "to be (verb)able".

xakeka (Xhosa): to be puzzled

Definitions

  1. to be puzzled

Ancestry of “xakeka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosa-ekaForms "neuter-passive" verbs from existing verbs,...
2Proto-Bantu-ɪkaStative suffix or neutral-passive suffix, forming verbs which mean "to be (verb)able"
Every word from Proto-Bantu -ɪka →Every word from Xhosa -eka →
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