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Words to discover

A new word. A little connection.

Keep a little isiNdebele with you. Explore the words used in the stories, with meanings and examples to help them feel familiar.

A word to discover

uxamu

A monitor lizard. Mbulu resembles uxamu, but is a fantastical creature as large as a person and has no scales.

“It looked like uxamu, only it had no scales.”

Gogo studies a great pot of thick amasi in the courtyard.

A word to discover

amasi

Thick sour milk, made by allowing milk to ferment.

“Amasi, children, is thick sour milk.”