Gain Something in Zulu


To gain something is -zuza in Zulu.


What you have gained is known as i-nzu-zo, which is a noun.  A baby girl’s name is No-nzu-zo and you know it is a girl because of the prefix -no.  My name is No-nqaba, a girl.  Well! used to be, at least.  Ha! Ha!
You buy fish for 20 Naira (Nigerian currency) from fishermen, sell it in small packets and get N40, a 100% profit.  Politicians support companies that pollute rivers, the sea and the air we breathe because of the gain: votes.

British, Canadian and U.S. designers make a big deal when Meghan Markle is wearing their creations but do not shout on top of rooftops that their clothes are made in minimum wage conditions in Asia and eastern Europe.
When we take wrong decisions and parents tell us we will reap what we sow, which means gaining or having those decisions backfire.
Zu-za.  You pronounce the first part as in zoo, the last part of the verb as Zara.

ZULU
ENGLISH
No-nzu-zo.
A girl’s name about something the family hopes to gain from her birth or has gained already.
Zu-za-ni.
Girl’s or boy’s name. Gain, many people should gain from his or her birth.
Ba-zu-ze 100%.
They got a 100% profit.
Ngi-zu-ze 100%.
I got a 100% profit.
U-Prudence u-zu-ze i-ma-li ngo-bu-hle.
Prudence gained money from the beauty title.
U-zu-ze-ni ngo-ku-lwa?
What did you gain by fighting?
Fu-nda.  U-zo-zu-za.
Get an education.  You will gain.
Ngi-dla-la a-ma-ha-shi kho-na ngi-zo-zu-za.
I bet horses so that I can win.
Nge-ke u-zu-ze.
You will never win (gain).
Si-zo-zu-za i-mali.
We will gain money.
Ba-zo-zu-za i-nhlo-ni-pho.
They will gain respect.

By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.

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