Ucwaningo olunzulu ngamagama okuqanjwe ngawo izindawo. TJ Mbuli

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Igama iNkamana laveIa ngokuthi abamhlophe behluleke ukubiza umsindo
ongungwaqabathwa ongulwangeni - / q/ bagcine sebembiza ngendlela yabo yokuthi kube
ngumalakeni ongumpheshethwa - /kh/ njengoba benza emagameni abo:
Question ubizeka kungathi ukhweshini.
Ukuvumcla nokudembesela ekutheni kulungiswe Iesi sirno ngabanolwazi lolimi oIuqondiIe
kuboleIe ekutheni kube nokulahleka , igama ligcine selilahlekelwe umqondo walo
ongummongo othi: Le ndawo iqanjwe ngentaba elifinjwana , emfishane kodwa edle
ngokuqina, eyisinqamana ebude buduze nomuzi waseFilidi.
Ukubizwa kwendawo ngokuthi kuseZingolweni esikhundIeni sokuba kuthiwe eZ;nqoleni
kulahlekisa umqondo wegama ngoba olimini IwesiZuIu aIaziwa elezingolo kodwa kwaziwa
elezinqola.
UJrubizwa kwendawo ngokuthi kuseNgwavuma esikhundleni sokuba kuthiwe kuk-waVuma
kwenza igama lilahlekelwe umqondo ngoba aIaziwa elengwavuma kodwa kwaziwa eIikavuma
okuwumuthi wokukhipha inyongo ngokuphaIaza noma abantu bakwavuma . Lokhu
kufakazelwa ngufulper , ( 1979:388) uma ethi :
The name Ngwavuma is said to refer to a type of tree( Pseudocassine
transvalensis) , ofwhich the bark is medicinal.
Uma kukhulunywa ngemithi uvuma owokuphaIaza lZangoma kanye nokuba ufakwa
ebuIawini obumhlophe . Ingwavuma yona isetshenziselwa ukuphaIaza inyongo .
Okungakhalwa ngakho yikuthi abeIungu' behluleka wukuthi umfula ohlukanisa indawo
yak-waMathenjwa neyakwalvlngomezulu yiNgovuma esikhundleni seNgwavuma.
UPalgrave, (1983:513) utlii:
A shrub or more often a smaIl bush tree, 4 to 5 m in height occasionally
reaching 10 to15 m wide spread common at medium low altitudes in open
woodland, along streams on termite mounds.