dumela
sentence substitute
Southern African hello; good morning
Word Origin for dumela
Sotho
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Historical Examples of dumela
Dumela glanced at me impatiently, eke somewhat contemptuously.
A Veldt VendettaBertram Mitford
You are a Tembu, Dumela; how then can you bring me a man of another tribe, and vouch for him as good?
A Veldt VendettaBertram Mitford
Here we came up with Dumela, who had started on ahead, and had made the distance in most excellent time.
A Veldt VendettaBertram Mitford
Dumela came upon the fresh spoor as he was out looking after that sick cow down in the kloof by Aasvogel Krautz.
A Veldt VendettaBertram Mitford
Giving no further thought to old Dumela, we fared forth over the moonlit veldt.
A Veldt VendettaBertram Mitford