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African History Glossary – Zulu Terms

Note: It is standard practice to list Zulu nouns alphabetically according to the noun stem (as indicated in the lists below by a capital letter) rather than the class prefix which precedes it.

Categories
Zulu Army Basic costume
Cultural Decorative costume
Headdresses Weapons & Shields
Witchcraft & Medicine


A–Z
isAngoma (Plural: izAngoma)
iBandla (Plural: amaBandla)
iBandhla imhlope (Plural: amaBandhla amhlope)
iBeshu (Plural: amaBeshu)
umBhumbluzo (Plural: abaBhumbuluzo)
iButho (Plural: amaButho)
isiCoco (Plural: iziCoco)
inDuna (Plural: izinDuna)
isiFuba (Plural: iziFuba)
isiGaba (Plural: iziGaba)
isiGodlo (Plural: iziGodlo)
iGwalagwala
inGxotha (Plural: izinGxotha)
isiHlangu (Plural: iziHlangu)
isiJula (Plural: iziJula)
iKhanda (Plural: amaKhanda)
umKhonto (Plural: imiKhonto)
umKhosi (Plural: imiKhosi)
umKhumbi (Plural: imiKhumbi)
isiKhulu (Plural: iziKhulu)
iKlwa (Plural: amaKlwa)
iMpi (Plural: iziMpi)
iNdwa
isiNene (Plural: iziNene)
iNkatha (Plural: iziNkatha)
umNcedo (Plural: abaNcedo)
iNsizwa (Plural: iziNsizwa)
iNtshe
umNtwana (Plural: abaNtwana)
umNumzane (Plural: abaNumzane)
iNyanga (Plural: iziNyanga)
isiPhapha (Plural: iziPhapha)
uPhaphe (Plural: oPhaphe)
iPhovela (Plural: amaPhovela)
uPondo (Plural: izimPondo)
umQhele (Plural: imiQhele)
isiQu (Plural: iziQu)
iSakabuli
iShoba (Plural: amaShoba)
amaSi
umShokobezi (Plural: imiShokobezi)
umThakathi (Plural: abaThakathi)
umuTsha (Plural: imiTsha)
uTshwala
umuVa (Plural: imiVa)
iViyo (Plural: amaViyo)
iWisa (Plural: amaWisa)
umuZi (Plural: imiZi)

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Zulu Army
iBandhla imhlope/amaBandhla amhlope
iButho/amaButho
inDuna/izinDuna
isiFuba/iziFuba
isiGaba/iziGaba
isiGodlo/iziGodlo
iKhanda/amaKhanda
isiKhulu/iziKhulu
iMpi/iziMpi
iNsizwa/iziNsizwa
uPondo/izimPondo
umuVa/imiVa
iViyo/amaViyo

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Basic Costume
iBeshu/amaBeshu
isiNene/iziNene
umNcedo/abaNcedo
umuTsha/imiTsha

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Cultural
iBandla/amaBandla
inDuna/izinDuna
isiGodlo/iziGodlo
umKhosi/imiKhosi
umKhumbi/imiKhumbi
isiKhulu/iziKhulu
iNkatha/iziNkatha
iNsizwa/iziNsizwa
umNtwana/abaNtwana
umNumzane/abaNumzane
amaSi
uTshwala
umuZi/imiZi

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Decorative Costume
inGxotha/izinGxotha
isiQu/iziQu
iShoba/amaShoba
umShokobezi/imiShokobezi

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Headressess
isiCoco/iziCoco
iGwalagwala
iNdwa
iNtshe
uPhaphe/oPhaphe
iPhovela/amaPhovela
umQhele/imiQhele
iSakabuli

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Weapons and Shields
umBhumbluzo/abaBhumbuluzo
isiHlangu/iziHlangu
isiJula/iziJula
umKhonto/imiKhonto
iKlwa/amaKlwa
isiPhapha/iziPhapha
iWisa/amaWisa

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Witchcraft & medicine
isAngoma/izAngoma
iNyanga/iziNyanga
umThakathi/abaThakathi

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