hamba kahle

/ (ˈhæmbə ˈɡɑːʃlɪ) /

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goodbye, farewell (esp to the dead)

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Word Origin for hamba kahle

from Xhosa, literally: go well

Words nearby hamba kahle

hamartoblastoma, hamartoma, Hamas, hamate, hamba, hamba kahle, Hambletonian, hambo, hambone, Hamborn, Hamburg

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Example sentences from the Web for hamba kahle

Kahle, "the goer," belies his name, for he loiters everywhere and always; yet I am not sorry.
Summer Cruising in the South Seas|Charles Warren Stoddard
Kahle's little lump of a nose was jerked up toward the great mountain at the back of L——'s house.
Summer Cruising in the South Seas|Charles Warren Stoddard
Well, this was one of those times; and right in the midst of it Kahle sighted a smoke-wreath in the distance.
Summer Cruising in the South Seas|Charles Warren Stoddard
At any rate, Kahle went clean back to barbarism that night, and seemed to take to it amazingly.
Summer Cruising in the South Seas|Charles Warren Stoddard

Kahle followed suit; in the midst of his refreshment I suggested the advisability of instant departure; he hesitated.
Summer Cruising in the South Seas|Charles Warren Stoddard

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