Take Out in Zulu

Khipha means take out.  This includes providing for the family: taking out money for school fees, transport and food.

It is back to school in Canada and the U.S. so parents have provided money for backpacks, lunch boxes and winter sports.

IsiZulu (Zulu beer) the food of the ancestors, has all kinds of customs associated with brewing and drinking it.  For example, you take a sip before giving it to a guest, u-khipha u-buthi.  It literally means you are taking out the poison. 
Khi-pha, the first part is pronounced as in keep, the second part as in parcel.

ZULU
ENGLISH
Khipha ama-tshe.
Take out stones (when sorting beans from the farm).
Khipha inja e-ndlini.
Take the dog outside.
Khipha i-selesele e-ndlini.
Take the frog outside.  (I don’t know how they get in the house).
Khipha u-doti.
Take out the garbage.
Khipha -imali ye-sikole.
Take out money for school fees.
Alyona, khipha i-moto e-garage.
Alyona, take the car out of the garage.
Stanislav, khipha i-moto e-garage.
Stanislav take the car out of the garage.
Khipha i-zi-ngane.
Take out the kids.
Khipha u-mona e-sontweni.
Take out jealousy from church.
Si-zo-khipha 50 imali ya-se-Russia.
We will take out 50 Russian Ruble.
Ni-khiphe ma-lini e-khonsathi-ni lika-Drake?
How much did you pay for the Drake concert?
Mu-khiphe-ni odle a-masi.
Take him out or reveal the person who ate the yoghurt.
Ba-khiphe-ni a-ba-bulale i-fasitela.
Take them out or reveal the people who broke the window.
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.

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