Ababelethisi -

• (plural) (noun)
• Umbelethisi (singular) (noun)
• Midwives.
• Birth attendants.
• Are skilled traditional birth attendants.
• Health care professionals that provide basic and emergency care to pregnant women and women who have given birth and their newborn babies.
• Example: in isiZulu - “Ababelethisi bayanceda omama abazethwele” In English - “Midwives help pregnant women” 
• English synonyms: midwives; birth attendants

Abacwaningi -

• (plural) (noun)
• Umcwaningi (singular) (noun)
• Researchers.
• People who conduct academic or scientific research.
• Investigations.
• Experimenters.
• Analysts.
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• Example: in isiZulu - “Abacwaningi bacwaninga ulwazi” In English - “Researchers investigate knowledge” 
• English synonyms: researcher; experimenter; investigator; analyst

Abadala -

• (plural) (noun)
• Omdala (singular) (noun)
• Elders.
• Community leaders.
• Seniors.
• People who are older in age.
• Example: in isiZulu - “Abantu abadala bathanda ukuya esontweni” In English - “The elderly enjoy going to church” 
• English synonyms: elders; leaders; seniors

Abadala -  

• (noun)
• The elders.
• Old people.

 

Abadlali -

• (plural) (noun)
• Umdlali (singular) (noun)
• Players.
• People participating in a game of sports.
• Example: in isiZulu - “Abadlali bebhola basebenza kanzima” In English - “Soccer players work hard” 
• English synonym: players

Abafana bezulu -  

• (plural) (noun) 
• Translates to: "the herd boys of the heavens".
• Medicated sticks to protect the home and or other property from lightning and hail.  

Abafazi -  

• (plural) (noun) 
• Umfazi (singular) (noun)
• Wives.
• Women that are married.
• Example: in isiZulu - “USolomon wayenabafazi ayikhulu eliyisikhombisa” In English - “Solomon had seven hundred wives” 
• English synonym: Wives

Abafileyo -  

• (noun)
• Those who are dead.

 

Abafundi -

• (plural) (noun)
• Umfundi (singular) (noun)
• Students.
• Learners.
• Disciples.
• Scholars.
• People who are studying at a learning institution, such as a school or a university.
• Example: in isiZulu - “Abafundi abazimisele bathola amathuba” In English - “Students that are hardworking get opportunities” 
• English synonyms: students; learners; disciples; scholar

Abafundisi -

• (plural) (noun)
• Umfundisi (singular) (noun)
• Ordained leaders in a church.
• Pastors.
• Ministers.
• Priests.
• Example: in isiZulu - “Abafundisi base Christian Church” In English - “Pastors at the Christian Church” 
• English synonym: pastors, ministers; priests

Abakhongi -

• (plural) (noun)
• Umkhongi (singular) (noun)
• Lobola negotiators.
• Lobola negotiators representing the fiancé (groom-to-be). The negotiators are usually older men related to the fiancé.
• Example: in isiZulu - “Abakhongi bavame ukufika ekuseni” In English - “Lobola negotiators usually arrive in the morning” 
• Synonym: lobola negotiators

Abakhonzi -

• (plural) (noun)
• Umkhonzi (singular) (noun)
• Believers.
• Followers.
• Are the servants of the Lord.
• Example: in isiZulu - “Abakhonzi bakaJehova” In English - “The servants of Jehovah” 
• English synonyms: believers; followers

Abakhwekazi -

• (plural) (noun)
• Umkhwekazi (singular) (noun)
• The man's in-laws.
• In marriage, they are family relatives from the woman's side.
• Example: in isiZulu - “Abakhwekazi bebasina emshadweni” In English - “The in-laws were dancing at the wedding” 
• English synonym: in-laws

Abakithi -  

• (noun)
• Those belonging to us.

 

Abalandeli -

• (plural) (noun)
• Umlamdeli (singular) (noun)
• Fans.
• Followers.
• People who support a particular person or group or ideas.
• Example: in isiZulu - “Abalandeli bakhe bamthanda kakhulu” In English - “His followers love him very much” 
• English synonyms: fans; followers; disciples

Abalele -

• (plural) (noun)
• Olele (singular) (noun)
• Translates to those that are sleeping or hose that have passed away.
• The deceased.
• The ancestors.
• Sleeping ancestral shades.
• Example: in isiZulu - “Abalele akumele bavuswe” In English - “The deceased shouldn't be awakened” 
• English synonyms: the deceased; ancestors; sleeping ancestral shades

Abalele -  

• (noun)
• The ones that are sleeping.

 

Abalingane -

• (plural) (noun)
• Umlingane (singular) (noun)
• Are people that are attendant to the groom, they are usually close friends or relatives of the groom.
• Example: in isiZulu - “Abalingane bazobhadala amalobolo” In English - “The groom's family is here to pay lobola” 
• English synonym: groom's people

Abalozi -

• (plural) (noun)
• Umlozi (singular) (noun)
• Whistlers.
• These are diviners who divine and diagnose by means of whistling sounds.
• Example: in isiZulu - “Abalozi babiza umuntu ngegama” In English - “Whistlers call the person by name” 
• English synonyms: whistlers, diviners
• A visual example of abalozi

Abamanga -  

• (noun)
• Diviners who lie.
• Those who tell lies.

 

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