armed robbery - ukuphanga kuxhotyiwe

Word information

Part of speech	noun
Plurality	singular
Noun class	uku
Note	Literally translates "to rob, being armed". Ukuxhoba is "to arm" and ukuxhotywa is "to be armed" -iwe is the stative suffix "kuxhotyiwe" translates "being armed"

Example sentences

• English

  There was armed robbery at the shop yesterday.

  IsiXhosa

  Bekukho ukuphanga kuxhotyiwe evenkileni izolo.