dumela

British  

/ dʊˈmɛlə /

1. hello; good morning

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Etymology

Origin of dumela

Sotho

Example Sentences

HHP paid American rapper Nas close to $10,000 for a verse on the former's album Dumela – only to find that Nas had reused the verse on his own album with Damian Marley, Distant Relatives.

From The Guardian

“Here’s old Dumela saying he wants to leave.”

From Project Gutenberg

Then it was put to Dumela that he was behaving shabbily in taking himself off at a moment’s notice after all these years, and that, too, just at a time when we were in need of a thoroughly trustworthy man to fill his position, after our friction with Kuliso.

From Project Gutenberg

“Well, we’d better see him, at any rate,” said Brian, and calling one of the boys, despatched him to Dumela’s hut to fetch the stranger.

From Project Gutenberg

Was this part of the game, I wondered, and if so how on earth could it be that an old and faithful servant like Dumela could aid and abet any mischief that might be brewing against us?

From Project Gutenberg