Futhi, ukuthi

Two useful little words you'll often hear:

futhi
and (as a conjunction, joining two sentences)
also, too
additionally, furthermore
again, once more
yet

Sifuna ukudlala futhi.
We want to play again. 

Buya futhi - return again. Name of a guesthouse in St Lucia.
Futhi is also a given name.

ukuthi

from -thi
say
think, imagine, believe, consider, guess, suppose

ukuthi can be used as:
that
Ngazi ukuthi bahlala lapa.
I know that they live here.

so that, in order that
or, as
what
Angazi ukhuthi befunani.
I don't know what they want.

Kwezswakala ukuthi useshonile.
We heard that he passed away.

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Inyanga

I came to know the word inyanga as meaning a traditional healer; one who works with natural medicines in particular. In Zimbabwe, the word encompasses the spiritual healers we call sangomas.

Yesterday I helped make a drum which looks like the moon, and discovered the isiZulu word for both moon and month:

inyanga, izinyanga

Namhlanje inyanga ingcwele.
Today the moon is full. 

vocabulary from isizulu.net
example from the  isiZulu Oxford Living Dictionary

Sekuhlwile

from
-hlwa
become dark, become dusk

-hlwile
be dark, be dusky, be devoid of light

sekuhlwile
it is dark
it has become dark

what a very special sound this word has

It is the title of a book Swazi folklore published by Heinemann and available here

and the title of this beautiful maskandi/gospel song by the popular band Ikhansela no Jbc
led by the late Mfhleni Rolland Mkhize.

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.)

Fika - arrive

-fika (v)

arrive

ukufika (n)
arrival

Bafika sekuhlwile ekhaya.
They arrived at home when it was already home.

Bekunzima ukufika ekugcineni komqhudelwano.
It was difficult to reach the end of the competition.

Faka - include

An interesting word, -faka

-fake (v.t.)
insert, put in, put into, include
don, put on (clothes)
wear (clothers)
station, set in position

seems to come down to include/add to

faka (v.imp)
insert

Ngicela ungifake kumasidlalisane.
Can you please include me in your stokvel.

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isiZulu Oxford Living Dictionary

Shiya - to leave

-shiya (v.t.)
leave, leave behind
abandon, forsake
omit, skip, leave out, miss out

Shiya - leave!

it forms the stem of two nouns:

ishiya - amashiya
eyebrow (which leaves behind the eye?)

umshiyia - imishiya
meadow
(an abandoned place?)

Ngizoshiya umculo ngigade ingane yami.
I will leave my music and look after my child.