British Dictionary definitions for dumela

dumela

sentence substitute

Southern African hello; good morning

Word Origin

Sotho

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Examples from the Web for dumela

Historical Examples

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

dumela

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for dumela

Historical Examples

Dumela glanced at me impatiently, eke somewhat contemptuously.

You are a Tembu, Dumela; how then can you bring me a man of another tribe, and vouch for him as good?

Here we came up with Dumela, who had started on ahead, and had made the distance in most excellent time.

Dumela came upon the fresh spoor as he was out looking after that sick cow down in the kloof by Aasvogel Krautz.

Giving no further thought to old Dumela, we fared forth over the moonlit veldt.