Ucwaningo olunzulu ngamagama okuqanjwe ngawo izindawo. TJ Mbuli

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UNyembezi, (1975:15) ugagula ukuthi ukungathekisa lokhu akusiyo into entsha njengoba
elanda ngokungathekiswa okusezibongweni zeNkosi uSenzangakhona :
Obeyalala wangangemifula,
Obeyavuka wangangezintaba..
Place names are also given for reason. They may describe the particular
feature being named,as in Table mountain and iNtabamhlophe (white
mountain) Secondly they may name after people as in Pietemaritzburg and
KwaMashu ( named after Sir Marshall Campbell, philanthropist and sugar ­
cane farmer . Thirdly , they mayt even as with personal names in parts of
Africa be named for the 'state of mind' of people. There are a number of
places with Dutch Afrikaans names such as Vryheid (freedom) Helpmekaar
(help one another). Verenniging (unity) Weenen (weeping) . Zulu place
names such as Phumula (rest) , Thandanani (love one another).
UKoopman, (2002:125) uyaqhubeka uthi alrugciui lapho:
Zulu place names commonly link location and nature by referring to
plant, animal or bird life that is characteristic of an area, as in the river
name uMziugwenya ( home ofcrocodile) uMfolozi omnyama and uMfolozi
omhlophe.
Akhona amagama amaningi emifula nezintaba okuqanjwe ngawo esuselwa kuzihlahla
ezitholakala osebeni lwaleyo mifula nasemaqeleni alezo zintaba:
INcaka iqanjwe ngomuthi umncaka otholakala kule ntaba . Indawo yaseHluhluwe iqanjwe
ngomuthi umhluhluwe otholakala osebeni Iomfulaogelezela kule ndawo yak..waHlabisa
Place named after their physical features. Certain the most common type of
place name is that with an underlying meaning which is a physical
description of the place the name refers to some of these are immedistely
obvious. For they refer to geographical location, soil and stones shape and
size behaviour ofgeographical entity such as river, wind movement colour ,
metaphorical description , other geographical phenomenon such as rain
experienced and mist, spring found in the place.
(Koopman, 2002:125).