Uxolo nokuhthula

Uxolo - peace, absence of hostility
Ukuthula - quiet, silence

I could not find many examples of these used together as in the popular English phrase 'peace and quiet' and will create a post for each separately.

Here is a song in isiXhosa by Zahara with lyrics and translations generously added:
Amaplaya, from her album Country Girl

Many words are the same or similar in isiZulu and isiXhosa - one difference is ndi- (isiXhosa) instead of ngi-(isiZulu).

Here is the first stanza of Amaplaya:
 
Andithand' ukulwa
(I don't like to fight)
Ndifun' uxolo nokuthula
(I want peace and quiet)
Khuluma, uba andenzi kahle
(Speak, if I'm not doing something right)

My isiZulu translation:
Angithand'  ukulwa
Ngifun' uxolo nokuthula
Khuluma, uma angenzi kahle

(corrections welcome!)

to be delighted, to delight

Continuing from the previous post.....
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 focuses on -jabula (yesterday's post)
and -thokoza

"Thokoza", used as a greeting within and for a group of sangomas lineages. Greeting, calling attention, affirming.
"Thokoza, Gogo!"

I like the others too, the shorter words which I've not heard before (as an ignorant learner).
-enama, ethaba, - esasa, -sasa
nor are they in the Oxford online dictionary.
Are they old fashioned, or less commonly used?

What is the connection between -sasa and
kusasa
tomorrow?

-sa it turns out, is the verb: to dawn. 
Ukusa (n)
dawn, daybreak, dawning.

In this way, two special Aunties of mine called Joy and Dawn, have the same name.

ungijabulisa
- you delight me

ngiyenama
- I am delighted

To be happy!

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.

Inhliziyo (heart)

inhliziyo/izinhliziyo (n)
heart
disposition, temper, temperament

How I found this word was looking for the meaning of a plant name, a very wonderful tree called 'wild pear' and even more prosaically 'drolpeer' by my Eng/Afr forebears, referring to the appearance of its flowers and fruit.

In isiZulu it is Inhliziyonkulu. A love potion can be made from the flowers.
And, the leaves are roughly heart shaped.

From the Oxford Living Dictionary, a characteristically gritty example:

Ufike esibhedlela inhliziyo isishaya ngamandla.

When he arrived at hospital, his heart was beating fast.

Since my brother recently arrived at hospital in this state,  I now see that it is a relevant example, and talk of hearts does not need to involve love.

Singing of hearts pretty much does, though, love and desire:

Here is a great song by Mjava: Inhliziyo http://bimba.co.za/sjava/isina-muva/inhliziyo
with refrain
"Inhliziyo efuna lokh'ekfunayo"

The heart wants what it wants (desires)



And this one is by the Soul Brothers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spg-GtOsfvg 

Lovely, sadly lyrics not available, maybe someone can help.

Angry

Angry (adj)
-thukuthele, -nolaka

Umama wami ubengithukhuthelele ngokushiya indlu yogungezela imahlaphahlapha.
My mother was angry with me for leaving the bathroom in a mess.

I love:
the grammar lesson in the word: ubengithukuthelele
and the word
imahlaphahlapha - how perfect for a mess?

but
having to call a bathroom
indlu yogugenzela
(a tongue twister!)
is a but much.

Anger (n)
intukuthelo
ulaka -fierce temper
(igwebu, also provided by isizulu.net, seems otherwise to mean 'froth')

Ulaka lwakhe lozumbulala.
His fierce temper will kill him.

vocabulary from isizulu.net
izibonelo from isiZulu Oxford Living Dictionary

-qinile (to be fit, strong)

-qinile (static verb)

to be firm, hard, solid, stiff, strong
to be physically fit
to be headstrong, stubborn, obdurate, pigheaded, stubborn

a word for teenage boys? 
;)

also (I'm finding some more translation sites)
tough, sturdy - wordhippo

uqinile - be strong
hlala uqinile - stay strong
hlale uqinile
mymemory.translated.net 

From a news report  on Zim soccer legend Peter "Nsukuzonke" Ndlovu being discharged from hospital:

“Uqinile wena mfana (you are a strong man) after all that happened. We commend your family for remaining strong and supportive especially Madinda,” said Dr Mpofu. Said Peter in response: “Yini elingiqinisayo mdala. You are one of the people who make me strong,” he said laughing. (nehandaradio.com)

"Nsukuzonke" - every day

A lovely sentence fom isiZulu Oxford Living Dictionary:

Uyamethemba uMokohlane lona, kakhulukazi ngoba useyindoda eqinile, futhi enomusa.

You trust this Mokohlane, especially because he is now a man who is strong and kind too.

“Uqinile wena mfana (you are a strong man) after all that happened. We commend your family for remaining strong and supportive especially Madinda,” said Dr Mpofu. Said Peter in response: “Yini elingiqinisayo mdala. You are one of the people who make me strong,” he said laughing.

“Uqinile wena mfana (you are a strong man) after all that happened. We commend your family for remaining strong and supportive especially Madinda,” said Dr Mpofu. Said Peter in response: “Yini elingiqinisayo mdala. You are one of the people who make me strong,” he said laughing.

“Uqinile wena mfana (you are a strong man) after all that happened. We commend your family for remaining strong and supportive especially Madinda,” said Dr Mpofu. Said Peter in response: “Yini elingiqinisayo mdala. You are one of the people who make me strong,” he said laughing.

-banzi (wide)

-banzi (adj)
wide

ububanzi (n)
width, breadth

Isibonelo:

Olunye uphawu lokhozi wukuthi lunamaphiko abanzi.

Another feature of the eagle is that it has broad wings.

(see a very odd one at the bottom of the post)

In names:

Ubanzi, Lubanzi are given names. What is the significance of this name?

On the Wild Coast, Lubanzi Village, and Backpacker 
which having discovered, I feel much drawn to visit.


Lubanzi wine, named after a dog, Lubanzi, who walked for six days with two American hikers along the Wild Coast.

Canis Africanis, is known in isiZulu/isiXhosa as iBanzi according to this blog.
 

Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, a play by Athol Fugard
in which a man, Sizwe Banzi has to give up his name and identity to survive in apartheid times of South Africa
Sizwe - Nation
Banzi - Wide
surely referring to the universality of the character and his experiences.

(So far the only example sentence I've been able to obtain from the isiZulu Oxford Living Dictionary is an example of the weirdness one can encounter there among user-submitted contents.

Lapha sisho abantu abanezidingo ezithile, isibonelo, labo abadinga ukufakelwa iminyango ebanzi ezindlini zabo.

Here we mean people who have certain needs, for example those for whom wider doors need to be installed in their homes.)