Friday, May 26, 2017

Buyisa - bring back, respond

A word rich in meanings, -buyisa

-buyisa (v.t.)
return, bring back,give back, send back
restore
recall (call back)
withdraw, take back
 
when used without an object
-buyisa (v.i.)
vomit, puke, throw up
answer, reply, respond

Buyisa President Zuma
Buyisa Women's Leadership

The dictionary definitions for Buyisa! as imperative, an order are:
Buyisa! - Return!
or
Buyisa - Vomit

At the root of this word is
-yisa
cause to go, take to
convey, send, transfer

A song, "Buyisa", on youtube by the very sexy Ringo Madlingozi. I think the lyrics mean 'bring back the love' but will need to check.  It comes from an album of the same name.


Some rather prosaic izibonelo from isiZulu Oxford Living Dictionary:

Buyisa umazisi kamfowethu!
Return my brother's ID!

Udle waze wabuyisa.
She at too much and vomited.
(That was me at my third birthday party.)



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