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Book ID: 106356
Koopman, Adrian

Zulu Plant Names. 2015. 24 col. photogr. XVI, 322 p. Paper bd.

In this book Adrian Koopman details the complex relationshipbetween plants, the Zulu language and Zulu culture. Zulu plant names do not just identify plants, they tell us a lot more about the plant, or how it is perceived or used in Zulu culture. For example, the plant name umhlulambazo (what defeats the axe tells us that this is a tree with hard, dense wood, and that usondelangange (come closer so I can embrace you) is a tree with large thorns that snag the passer-by. In a similar vein, both umakuphole (let it cool down) and icishamlilo (put out the fire) refer to plants that are used medicinally to treat fevers and inflammations. Plants used as the base of love-charms have names that are particularly colourful, such as unginakile (she has noticed me), uvelabahleke (appear and they smile) and the wonderfully named ungcingci-wafika-umntakwethu (how happy I am that you have arrived, my sweetheart!).
Author Koopman, Adrian
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Author Koopman, Adrian
Page image Koopman, Adrian: Zulu Plant Names. 2015. 24 col. photogr. XVI, 322 p. Paper bd. (106356) 39.59
Manufacturer University of KwaZulu-Natal Press Privat Bag X01
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EAN 9781869142810
ISBN 9781869142810
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