smell - nuka

Word information

Part of speech	verb
Infinitive	ukunuka
Inchoative	no
Transitivity	intransitive
Note	Normally only used to indicate "give out a smell"

Example sentences

• English

  How does this meat smell?

  IsiXhosa

  Le nyama inuka njani?

• English

  You smell nice.

  IsiXhosa

  Unuka kamnandi.

• English

  I smell horrible.

  IsiXhosa

  Ndinuka kakubi.

Linked words

Link type	Other word
Related meaning	smell - va (⁨⁩⁨⁩⁨⁩⁨⁩⁨verb⁩)
Related meaning	smell - ivumba (⁨⁩⁨⁩⁨⁩⁨⁩⁨noun ⁨- class ⁨i(li)/ama⁩⁩⁩)