dumela

/ (dʊˈmɛlə) /

sentence substitute

Southern African hello; good morning

Origin of dumela

Sotho

Words Nearby dumela

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How to use dumela in a sentence

dumela glanced at me impatiently, eke somewhat contemptuously.
A Veldt Vendetta | Bertram 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 Vendetta | Bertram Mitford
Here we came up with dumela, who had started on ahead, and had made the distance in most excellent time.
A Veldt Vendetta | Bertram 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 Vendetta | Bertram Mitford
Giving no further thought to old dumela, we fared forth over the moonlit veldt.
A Veldt Vendetta | Bertram Mitford

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