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amadoda

/ amaˈdəʊda /

plural noun

  1. grown men

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of amadoda1

from Nguni ama, a plural prefix + doda men
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Example Sentences

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We even get to read some: "Umahlom'ehlathini onjengohlanya,/Uhlanya olusemehlwen' amadoda" – "He who armed in the forest, who is like a madman,/The madman who is in full view of the men," an example, we learn, of Parallelism – a technique that exists in poetry from the Kalevala to the Ugarit poets of ancient Syria to … well, whenever.

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No people have I, nor horses, amadoda.

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For the rest, amadoda, the house is very near and contains that which is good to eat and drink.

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“Don’t kill them, amadoda,” said Edala, as assegais were detached, and held with suggestive readiness.

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“You all know me, amadoda,” went on Septimus Matterson.

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