Words for family members and other relatives in Zulu (isiZulu), a Bantu language spoken mainly in South Africa.
| Zulu | |
|---|---|
| family | umndeni; usapho |
| parents | abazali |
| father | ubaba |
| mother | umama |
| children | umntwana |
| son | indodana |
| daughter | indodakazi |
| husband | umyeni |
| wife | umfazi |
| brother | umfowethu |
| sister | udadewethu |
| uncle | ubabomkhulu (father's elder brother) ubabomncane (father's yougner brother) umalume (mother's brother) |
| aunt | ubabekazi (father's sister) umamncane (mother's younger sister) umamkhulu (mother's elder sister) umalumekazi (mother's brother's wife) |
| cousin | umzala |
| nephew | umshana |
| niece | umshana |
| grandparents | ugogo nomkhulu |
| grandfather | umkhulu |
| grandmother | ugogo |
| grandchildren | abazukulu |
| grandson | umzukulu |
| granddaughter | umzukulu |
| father-in-law | umukhwe (husband's father) ubabezala (wife's father) |
| mother-in-law | umkhwekazi (husband's mother) umamezala (wife's mother) |
| brother-in-law | umlamu |
| sister-in-law | umlamu |
Information about Zulu | Phrases | Numbers | Family Words | Tongue twisters | Tower of Babel | Songs | Zulu courses on: Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk [affilate links]
Sources
http://ilanguages.org/zulu_vocabulary.php
https://isizulu.net/
Family words in other languages
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