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Zuluize

Zuluize verb: to make Zulu; to adapt to the Zulu culture or language.

Verb

Zuluize (third-person singular simple present Zuluizes, present participle Zuluizing, simple past and past participle Zuluized)

  1. (transitive) To make Zulu; to adapt to the Zulu culture or language.
    • This word is non-Zulu, and has been Zuluized from an African-Dutch word […]1857, Jacob Ludwig Döhne, A Zulu-Kafir dictionary, page 152
    • Whether this Zuluizing of Mashiloane by Strijdom and Zuluizing of Mtolo by Baba Mandela were coincidences^([sic]), they unfortunately foreshadow the anti-Zulu sentiments […]2002, J. C. Buthelezi, Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Nelson Mandela: an ecological study, page 227

Forms of Zuluize

third-person singular presentZuluizes
present participleZuluizing
past participleZuluized
pastZuluized
alternative formZuluise

Origin of Zuluize

From Zulu + -ize.

Questions about Zuluize

What does Zuluize mean?
Zuluize means to make Zulu; to adapt to the Zulu culture or language.
What part of speech is Zuluize?
Zuluize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Zuluize?
The past tense of Zuluize is Zuluized.

Words near Zuluize in the dictionary

  1. Zuluise
  2. Zuluised
  3. Zuluises
  4. Zuluising
  5. Zuluization
  6. Zuluize
  7. Zuluized
  8. Zuluizes
  9. Zuluizing
  10. Zululand
  11. Zululand zebra

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