After exploring 'angry', it's defintely time for happy.
I've not found an adjective form for 'happy' but there are a number of verbs for experiencing
various kinds of joy.
isizulu.net provides:
to be happy: verb
-enama, -esasa, -ethaba, -jabula, -sasa, -thokoza
translated back into English, the dictionary elaborates the meaning of each of these as
be delighted, be glad, be happy, be pleased, rejoice, be cheerful
to make happy:
-enamisa, -esasisa, -ethabisa, -jabulisa, -sasisa, -thokozisa
The isiZulu Oxford Living Dictionary only speaks of -jabula and -thokoza
both words I've come across in one way or another,
Jabulani (Rejoice) being a name, for persons but also a part of Soweto
and a popular song from my youth:
The original by PJ Powers - so 80s! refers to the place
and then not long ago with beloved HHP, now departed
Along the line of happy collaboration, from the Oxford Living Dictionary:
Kuyangijabulisa ukusebenza nomuntu nofana nawe, MaSibisi.
It gives me please to work with someone like you, Masibisi.
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