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amadoda
/ amaˈdəʊda /
plural noun
grown men
Word History and Origins
Origin of amadoda1
Example Sentences
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.
No people have I, nor horses, amadoda.
For the rest, amadoda, the house is very near and contains that which is good to eat and drink.
“Don’t kill them, amadoda,” said Edala, as assegais were detached, and held with suggestive readiness.
“You all know me, amadoda,” went on Septimus Matterson.
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