dumela

/ (dʊˈmɛlə) /

sentence substitute

Southern African hello; good morning

Nearby words

dumbstricken, dumbstruck, dumbwaiter, dumdum, dumdum fever, dumela, dumfound, dumfries, dumfries and galloway, dumfriesshire, dumka

Word Origin for dumela

Sotho

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Examples from the Web for dumela

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
The words of old Dumela were humming through my brain, as I bent over the dead boy in quest of spoor.
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 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

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