Tag: izitho zomzimba

Heart-based Relatives

Post author By White Zulu
Post date August 1, 2013
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I’ve already written about the inhliziyo, here, but while I was doing that (and while I was teaching yesterday) I rediscovered a set of 12 relatives derived from the the root word. If you know what a ‘relative’ is in isiZulu linguistics, skip to the list. Otherwise, stay tuned. A relative is one of four […]

Tags adjectives, colour symbolism, description, Inhliziyo, isiZulu, izitho zomzimba, metaphor, qualificatives, relatives, umbhudulo

Linguistics / ubuLimi umbhudulo

inhliziyo (an umbhudulo)

Post author By White Zulu
Post date July 22, 2013
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Think about the heart, if only just for a moment. What qualities do you associate with it? To which emotions do you link it? If you were inventing a language at this very moment, what sort of word would you invent for this most essential of organs? Inhliziyo is the physical heart (as an organ) […]

Tags anatomy, heart, Inhliziyo, isiZulu, izitho zomzimba