Jabulani Means Rejoice: A Dictionary of South African NamesAfrican Books Collective, 2012 - 330 pagina's Jabulani Means Rejoice is a dictionary comprised of hundreds of African names in local South African languages, meticulously assembled and expounded upon for the curious reader. Names are listed in alphabetical order with gender indications, as well as information regarding their ethnographic origins and meanings. Yet, Jabulani Means Rejoice is so much more than simply a list of names and their meanings. The author skilfully interweaves cultural context and history, including issues surrounding naming rituals, domestic disputes and the curse of the evil eye. As a reference work, Jabulani Means Rejoice stands as an invaluable contribution to the growing interest in African cultural history. With its names ranging from the traditional to the unconventional, it will appeal to linguists, family historians and anyone with an interest in names. |
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Introduction
| 7 |
Writing this book | 8 |
South Africas languages | 9 |
Some notes on traditional naming practices | 10 |
Initiation | 11 |
The dark side | 12 |
Surnames as first names | 13 |
A
| 15 |
L
| 109 |
M
| 127 |
N
| 183 |
O
| 233 |
P
| 237 |
Q
| 247 |
R
| 251 |
S
| 257 |
B
| 25 |
C
| 43 |
D
| 47 |
E
| 55 |
F
| 59 |
G
| 65 |
H
| 71 |
I
| 79 |
J
| 83 |
K
| 87 |
T
| 279 |
U
| 299 |
V
| 301 |
W
| 309 |
X
| 311 |
Y
| 317 |
Z
| 321 |
Acknowledgements | 332 |
Back cover
| 335 |
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animal names Basotho beautiful belief that children biblical origin birth ofa child birth ofthe birth ofthis child blessing declaration blessing pronouncement brings Cause child born child was born Daughter derived evil eye father fight first name first-born flower forgiveness gift girl Giving birth God’s grace H IVE H IVE N H IVEN H IVEN DA happy hope husband in-laws increased IsiNdebele isiXhosa isiZulu lobola Look Lord marital home meaning N G U N I Name based name of biblical name reflects name-bearer is thought name-giver names is due NG U N I NGU N I NGUN NGUNI ofthe child parents peace person Praise prayer rejoicing satisfied Sepedi Sesotho shield the child Short form signifies siSwati someone SOTH South Africans specific animal successive infant deaths surrounding the birth teenage pregnancy thought to share Traditional folktale name TSH IVEN TSH IVENDA woman XITSO XITSONGA Zulu