indlamu

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Zulu indlamu.

Noun

indlamu (uncountable)

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  1. A traditional Zulu dance from South Africa in which the dancer lifts one foot over the head and brings it down hard, landing squarely on the downbeat.
    • 2007 February 22, Roslyn Sulcas, “Beyond the Body, Making Spirit Move”, in New York Times‎:
      But there was sophistication and beauty in the way that traditional African dance motifs, like the fierce, stamping Zulu indlamu sequences, were woven together with more sinuous abstract movements.

Anagrams

Zulu

Pronunciation

Noun

índlamú class 9 (plural izíndlamú class 10)

  1. traditional Zulu dance

Inflection

Class 9/10
Singular Plural
Full form indlamu izindlamu
Locative endlanyini ezindlanyini
Singular Plural
Full form indlamu izindlamu
Simple form ndlamu zindlamu
Locative endlanyini ezindlanyini
Copulative yindlamu yizindlamu
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 wendlamu owendlamu wezindlamu owezindlamu
Class 2 bendlamu abendlamu bezindlamu abezindlamu
Class 3 wendlamu owendlamu wezindlamu owezindlamu
Class 4 yendlamu eyendlamu yezindlamu eyezindlamu
Class 5 lendlamu elendlamu lezindlamu elezindlamu
Class 6 endlamu awendlamu ezindlamu awezindlamu
Class 7 sendlamu esendlamu sezindlamu esezindlamu
Class 8 zendlamu ezendlamu zezindlamu ezezindlamu
Class 9 yendlamu eyendlamu yezindlamu eyezindlamu
Class 10 zendlamu ezendlamu zezindlamu ezezindlamu
Class 11 lwendlamu olwendlamu lwezindlamu olwezindlamu
Class 14 bendlamu obendlamu bezindlamu obezindlamu
Class 15 kwendlamu okwendlamu kwezindlamu okwezindlamu
Class 17 kwendlamu okwendlamu kwezindlamu okwezindlamu

Descendants

  • → English: indlamu
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