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Zuluize en · VERB

Etymology

From Zulu + -ize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make Zulu; to adapt to the Zulu culture or language.
   • In contrast, guides at the highly capitalized Zulu cultural villages try to teach guests basic Zulu nouns and greetings in an hour or two. Theirs seems to be a mission to "Zuluize" tourists […] 2007, Keyan G. Tomaselli, Writing in the sand, page 33:
   • Whether this Zuluizing of Mashiloane by Strijdom and Zuluizing of Mtolo by Baba Mandela were coincidences^([sic]), they unfortunately foreshadow the anti-Zulu sentiments […] 2002, J. C. Buthelezi, Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Nelson Mandela: an ecological study, page 227:
   • This word is non-Zulu, and has been Zuluized from an African-Dutch word […] 1857, Jacob Ludwig Döhne, A Zulu-Kafir dictionary, page 152:

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