Handbags in Zulu
A handbag i-si-khwa-ma in Zulu. You pronounce it like qualms.
That is a short cut translation in fact, because i-si-khwa-ma is your jacket pocket, computer bag, gym bag, bags for art students, hunters’ bags, cyclist’s waist pouch, camera bags, the church collection, African women’s clubs and their lending schemes, etc.
Womens’ handbags are the reigning queens this here, this 2019 because of Instagram and other social media window displays. Apparently, they are not handbags, but Madame Tussaud figures with logos.
It is not a black leather bag, but a limited edition of the Zinglig collection. Madame Tussaud, the wax museum in London and elsewhere figure, only exclusive people.
The diplomatic pouch. Old movies have stories of diplomats hiding stolen jewellery or documents in diplomatic bags because they are not searched when they board planes. Diplomatic immunity they call it. Fact or fiction?
The company’s accountant is also i-si-khwa-ma because he or she keeps an eye on how money is spent because the taxman is coming. You better believe it. Oprah Winfrey made viewers laugh in one show when she said the taxman visits her company so often, she has a special room for them.
I-si-khwa-ma you say the first part like e-mail, the second like scene, the third like qualms and the last part like musk.
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
That is a short cut translation in fact, because i-si-khwa-ma is your jacket pocket, computer bag, gym bag, bags for art students, hunters’ bags, cyclist’s waist pouch, camera bags, the church collection, African women’s clubs and their lending schemes, etc.
Womens’ handbags are the reigning queens this here, this 2019 because of Instagram and other social media window displays. Apparently, they are not handbags, but Madame Tussaud figures with logos.
It is not a black leather bag, but a limited edition of the Zinglig collection. Madame Tussaud, the wax museum in London and elsewhere figure, only exclusive people.
The diplomatic pouch. Old movies have stories of diplomats hiding stolen jewellery or documents in diplomatic bags because they are not searched when they board planes. Diplomatic immunity they call it. Fact or fiction?
The company’s accountant is also i-si-khwa-ma because he or she keeps an eye on how money is spent because the taxman is coming. You better believe it. Oprah Winfrey made viewers laugh in one show when she said the taxman visits her company so often, she has a special room for them.
I-si-khwa-ma you say the first part like e-mail, the second like scene, the third like qualms and the last part like musk.
| ZULU | ENGLISH |
| Nozi-khwama. | A girl’s name which means many bags. We don’t know why the family gave her that name. |
| Isi-khwama sami lesi. | This is my bag. |
| Izi-khwama zami lezi. | These are my bags. |
| Isi-khwama se-computer ka Phil lesi. | This is Phil’s computer bag. |
| Isi-khwama se-tennis sika Bianca Andreescu lesi. | This is Bianca Andreescu’s tennis bag. |
| Isi-khwama sika Rafael Nadal lesi. | This is Rafael Nadal’s tennis bag. |
| Nandi, letha isi-khwama sika khulu. | Nandi, bring grandma’s handbag. |
| Zama, siphi isi-khwama sakho sezi ncwadi? | Zama, where is your book bag? |
| Isikhwama sakhe sise motweni. | Her handbag is in the car. |
| Babheka izikhwama e-airport. | They check bags at the airport. |
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