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umZulu

umZulu noun: a Zulu person.

Noun

umZulu (plural amaZulu)

  1. A Zulu person.
    • Mzobe feels he needs to toughen up, as an umZulu man, and show his wife and son that he is the man of the house.2023, Rachel Tengetile Antones-Dlamini, Zilibele Mtumane, “Proverbs based on the people domain in David Mkhize’s Ngavele ngasho”, in South African Journal of African Languages, volume 43, number 3

Forms of umZulu

pluralamaZulu

Origin of umZulu

Borrowed from Zulu uḿZulu.

Questions about umZulu

What does umZulu mean?
UmZulu means a Zulu person.
What part of speech is umZulu?
UmZulu is a noun.
What is the plural of umZulu?
The plural of umZulu is amaZulu.

Words near umZulu in the dictionary

  1. umwelten
  2. umwelts
  3. umwhile
  4. umzimbeet
  5. Umzinto
  6. umZulu
  7. un
  8. UN General Assembly
  9. Un Long
  10. UN Security Council
  11. UN*X

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