Zuluize

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verb

To make Zulu; to adapt to the Zulu culture or language.

Scrabble 25

Meanings

verbZuluize (third-person singular simple present Zuluizes, present participle Zuluizing, simple past and past participle Zuluized)

present singular third person Zuluizes · participle present Zuluizing · participle past Zuluized · past Zuluized · alternative Zuluise

  1. transitiveTo make Zulu; to adapt to the Zulu culture or language.

    This word is non-Zulu, and has been Zuluized from an African-Dutch word […]

    1857, Jacob Ludwig Döhne, A Zulu-Kafir dictionary, page 152
    2 more examples

    Whether this Zuluizing of Mashiloane by Strijdom and Zuluizing of Mtolo by Baba Mandela were coincidences^([sic]), they unfortunately foreshadow the anti-Zulu sentiments […]

    2002, J. C. Buthelezi, Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Nelson Mandela: an ecological study, page 227

    In contrast, guides at the highly capitalized Zulu cultural villages try to teach guests basic Zulu nouns and greetings in an hour or two. Theirs seems to be a mission to "Zuluize" tourists […]

    2007, Keyan G. Tomaselli, Writing in the sand, page 33

Origin

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APA

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Chicago

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