uNhlolanja
Zulu edit
Etymology edit
From u- (class 1a) + n- (class 9) + -hlola (“inspect, examine”) + inja (“dog”). May refer to the time of the year when dogs copulate, and their owners inspect which dogs they have copulated with.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
úNhlólanjá class 1a (plural ôNhlólanjá class 2a)
- February
- Synonym: uFebruwari
- the seventh month of the Zulu lunar calendar, beginning with the new moon in January
Inflection edit
References edit
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-nhlolanja”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-nhlolanja (2.4.6.8-3)”
- Koopman, Adrian (2002) Andrea Nattrass, editor, Zulu Names, Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press