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Zulu Bird Names and Bird Lore
Häftad, 2019
442 kr
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In this book, Adrian Koopman describes the complex relationship between birds, the Zulu language and Zulu culture. A number of chapters look at the underlying meaning of bird names, and here we will find that the Zulu name of the Goliath Heron means ‘what gives birth to baby crocodiles’, the dikkop …
Zulu Plant Names
Häftad, 2015
330 kr
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In this book Adrian Koopman details the complex relationship between plants, the Zulu language and Zulu culture.Zulu plant names do not just identify plants, they tell us a lot more about the plant, or how it is perceived or used in Zulu culture. For example, the plant name umhlulambazo (what …
South African Bird Names through Time, Language and Usage
Av Eckhart Buchmann, Adrian Koopman
E-bok, 2026
813 kr
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This volume provides comprehensive analysis of bird naming systems in southern Africa, examining scientific nomenclature, English and Afrikaans vernacular names, and indigenous African language names, including: Comprehensive analysis of bird naming systems across scientific, vernacular, and …
South African Bird Names through Time, Language and Usage
Av Eckhart Buchmann, Adrian Koopman
E-bok, 2026
813 kr
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This volume provides comprehensive analysis of bird naming systems in southern Africa, examining scientific nomenclature, English and Afrikaans vernacular names, and indigenous African language names, including: Comprehensive analysis of bird naming systems across scientific, vernacular, and …
South African Bird Names through Time, Language and Usage
Av Adrian Koopman, Eckhart Buchmann
Inbunden, 2026
2525 kr
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This volume provides comprehensive analysis of bird naming systems in southern Africa, examining scientific nomenclature, English and Afrikaans vernacular names, and indigenous African language names, including:Comprehensive analysis of bird naming systems across scientific, vernacular, and …
Amagama Ezinyoni
Zulu Names of Birds
Av Adrian Koopman, Roger Porter m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
330 kr
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Amagama Izinyoni: Zulu Names of Birds lists all the bird species found in KwaZulu-Natal and surrounds, gives the proposed standardised Zulu name for each species, and explains the underlying meaning and how the name came into being. All earlier names for these birds, even if no longer in current …
Birds of KwaZulu-Natal and Their Zulu Names
Av Adrian Koopman, Roger Porter m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
293 kr
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Accompanied by superb photographs, this ground-breaking book is the first practical field guide to record the Zulu names of bird species commonly found in KwaZulu-Natal. Where one name was previously used to describe a number of birds belonging to the same genus (i.e. ukhozi for most eagles), the …
Zulu Names
Häftad, 2002
354 kr
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Does eThekwini mean ""place of the lagoon"" or ""place of the single testicle""? How are the names of dogs used to accuse a neighbour of witchcraft? What is the origin of Jamludi? Is the Zulu isibongo the same as a surname? What influence do scholars have in the process of naming? ""Zulu Names"" …
