English
imbizo
Imbizo comes from Zulu ímbízo ‘assembly, gathering’, and goes back to biza ‘to call’.
- Zulumodernbiza‘to call’
- Zulu, derivedmodernímbízo‘assembly, gathering’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006imbizo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Zulumodernbiza‘to call’
- Zulu, derivedmodernímbízo‘assembly, gathering’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006imbizo
Earliest quotation: 2006, https://web.archive.org/web/200605191805: “When the Zulu nation calls for an imbizo, it's…”
Every English word from Zulu biza
Today it means
noun A forum for discussion of policy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Zulu biza / imbizo