Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

umzulu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: umzu-lu
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree Zulu umu- Proto-Bantu *ʊ́- Zulu ú- Proto-Bantu *ìgʊ̀dʊ̀ Zulu ī́zulu Zulu úZulu Zulu uḿZulubor. English umZulu Borrowed from Zulu uḿZulu.

Inflected Forms

amaZulu (plural)

Questions

What does umzulu mean?: A Zulu person.
Where does umzulu come from?: Etymology tree Zulu umu- Proto-Bantu *ʊ́- Zulu ú- Proto-Bantu *ìgʊ̀dʊ̀ Zulu ī́zulu Zulu úZulu Zulu uḿZulubor. English umZulu Borrowed from Zulu uḿZulu.

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