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Page 46
... cattle , i.e. , loot ( with dust ) . Ama Mboza amboz ' înkomo zika'Mswazi , the ama- Mboza covered with dust , looted , the cattle of Mswazi . Isaga : uTulwana was'enqaben ' eSwazini , Praises : Tulwana of the stronghold in Swaziland ...
... cattle , i.e. , loot ( with dust ) . Ama Mboza amboz ' înkomo zika'Mswazi , the ama- Mboza covered with dust , looted , the cattle of Mswazi . Isaga : uTulwana was'enqaben ' eSwazini , Praises : Tulwana of the stronghold in Swaziland ...
Page 53
... Cattle Become Satiated , and Want to Lie Down when Being Driven Home for the Night ( thus appearing to be sick , as the name uNgulazibuya suggests- " sick going homeward " ) . uNtlaba . ( The Moon ) When the Aloe Blooms . uNtlangula ...
... Cattle Become Satiated , and Want to Lie Down when Being Driven Home for the Night ( thus appearing to be sick , as the name uNgulazibuya suggests- " sick going homeward " ) . uNtlaba . ( The Moon ) When the Aloe Blooms . uNtlangula ...
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... cattle or game about a drinking pool , or caused by heavy traffic churning up an un- hardened road in wet weather ; bog . u ( lu ) Bhuku . u ( lu ) Bishi . i ( li ) Bomyu . isi Bomvu . Reedy or grass grown swampy quagmire , into which ...
... cattle or game about a drinking pool , or caused by heavy traffic churning up an un- hardened road in wet weather ; bog . u ( lu ) Bhuku . u ( lu ) Bishi . i ( li ) Bomyu . isi Bomvu . Reedy or grass grown swampy quagmire , into which ...
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... cattle might do or a person drawing it ; to stir up and so dirty water in a vessel in the bottom of which sediment has been allowed to settle . Amanz ' adungkeileyo , Dirtied , muddied water . i ( li ) Dwala . um ( u ) Eno . Rock . E ...
... cattle might do or a person drawing it ; to stir up and so dirty water in a vessel in the bottom of which sediment has been allowed to settle . Amanz ' adungkeileyo , Dirtied , muddied water . i ( li ) Dwala . um ( u ) Eno . Rock . E ...
Page 66
... cattle stand about , outside their kraal , to avoid mud in latter ; meeting place for men outside a Native's kraal . i ( li ) Gcebe . Small flat on top of hill . Cf. i ( li ) Tafana . Izimfunda zamagcebe , Fine flats on top of hill , in ...
... cattle stand about , outside their kraal , to avoid mud in latter ; meeting place for men outside a Native's kraal . i ( li ) Gcebe . Small flat on top of hill . Cf. i ( li ) Tafana . Izimfunda zamagcebe , Fine flats on top of hill , in ...
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3rd 3rd abantu Affairs Africa allowance appear applied approx asked Battle become Brother called cattle CHAPTER Chief Child clerical Clerk Commission Court Death district Dube Durban earth edge English eNkantolo yas Eshowe examination father female give given Government grade ground hand hill hole i(li Impi Indicates iNdodana influences interpret isibongo January King kodwa kraal land language live Magistrate male March marry matter mealies means Minister Moon mother Mpande Natal Native northern Notes officers original person present Province Public Service References regard regiment represents river rocks royal rule scale season side Signifies Sister Solomon sometimes sound South speak speech stones Table taken tanami thing to-day translation trees u(lu ukuba ukuti uMfana Union usage wami warriors wethu yakwetu Zulu Zulu names Zululand
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Page 52 - ... they end together, and besides the Zulu name is expressive in a way peculiar all to itself: then again the seasons themselves are not always identically the same each year, and a mistake in interpreting may have a very important bearing on some question or other and lead to serious consequences.
Page 44 - Annual. Pietermaritzburg. Precis of Information concerning Zululand, prepared in the Intelligence Division of the War Office. London.
Page 52 - Zulu lunar month: the two do not begin together, nor do they end together, and besides the Zulu name is expressive in a way peculiar all to itself: then again the seasons themselves are not always identically the same each year, and a mistake in interpreting may have a very important bearing on some question...
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Page 92 - Location. You must also understand very clearly that you are not being sent back to raise military kraals or impis. Manje amazwe alapa eSouth Afrika asehlangene, sekuzwe-'linye, uMbuso uu'umunye, neduku lokupakanyiswa, lobukosi, seli 'linye kupela, kuhle-ke ubambelele uqinise kulez' izinto ezintatu, ngoba ziyisihlangu sako, nokuhlala kahle kuka'Zulu kuhlangana kuzona.