dumela

/ (dʊˈmɛlə) /

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Southern African hello; good morning

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Word Origin for dumela

Sotho

Words nearby dumela

dumbshit, dumb show, dumbstruck, dumbwaiter, dumdum, dumela, Dumézil, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfriesshire, dumka

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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