Monday, November 30, 2009

A Word in isiZulu: -zulu

Translation*: -zulu (i- ama-) (n) heaven; sky; weather; climate; rain;
lightning.
-Zulu (u-) (n) Zulu nation.
-zulu (isi-) (n) Zulu language; Zulu habit or custom; zulu manner
or life.
-Zulu (um- ama-) (n) member of the Zulu race.
Grammar: -zulu is the stem of the verb, which gives the meaning,
and the prefix slightly alters the meaning.
Comments: Basically, I live in heaven with people of heaven
surrounded by a heavenly way of life.
* “-zulu” and “-Zulu.” Scholar’s Zulu Dictionary. 3rd ed. Compiled by G. R. Dent and C. L. S.
Nyembezi. Pietermaritzburg: Shuter & Shooter Publishers (Pty) Ltd., 1969.

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