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English

indlamu

Indlamu comes from Zulu indlamu ‘traditional Zulu dance’.

  1. Zulumodernindlamu‘traditional Zulu dance’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2007same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Zulumodernindlamu‘traditional Zulu dance’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2007same form

Earliest quotation: 2007, Roslyn Sulcas, Beyond the Body, Making Spirit Move: “But there was sophistication and beauty in the way…”

Every English word from Zulu indlamu

Today it means

noun A traditional Zulu dance from South Africa in which the dancer lifts one foot over the head and brings it down hard, landing squarely on the downbeat.

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Etymograph / Zulu indlamu / indlamu

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