Sunday, May 21, 2017

Umntakababa - my sibling

Oxford Living Dictionary has been posting a family nomenclature as Word of the Day.

Today, it's

umntakababa
my/our brother/sister

a word I've not heard before
but one can see is made of umntwana-ka-baba, child of my father.

Thula nje wena mntakababa, mhla ngiphumayo ngizokulungisela zonke izikhalo zakho.
Be quiet, my sister, the day I leave I will resolve all your complaints for you.

1 comment:

  1. Love the example sentence and practiced it all day. Full of the beauty of the language.

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