Zoeloe
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Etymology
From Dutch Zoeloe, from Zulu umZulu.
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Noun
Zoeloe (plural Zoeloes)
Proper noun
Zoeloe
- Zulu language
Dutch
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Adjective
Zoeloe (not comparable)
- Zulu (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language)
Inflection
| Inflection of Zoeloe | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | Zoeloe | |||
| inflected | Zoeloe | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | Zoeloe | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | Zoeloe | ||
| n. sing. | Zoeloe | |||
| plural | Zoeloe | |||
| definite | Zoeloe | |||
| partitive | Zoeloe | |||
Noun
Zoeloe m (plural Zoeloes, diminutive Zoeloetje n)
- Zulu, member of the Zulu people
- Sjaka, de stichter van het rijk der Zoeloes, was een groot veldheer die een terreurregime vestigde door massaslachtingen en zowel weerspannige Zoeloes als andere tegenstanders levend liet spietsen.
- Shaka, the founder of the Zulus' empire, was a great general who established a rule of terror by massive killings and ordered both refractory Zulus and other opponents empaled alive.
Proper noun
Zoeloe n
- Zulu language