indlamu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Zulu indlamu.

Noun

indlamu (uncountable)

1. 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.
   • 2007 February 22, Roslyn Sulcas, “Beyond the Body, Making Spirit Move”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     But there was sophistication and beauty in the way that traditional African dance motifs, like the fierce, stamping Zulu indlamu sequences, were woven together with more sinuous abstract movements.

Anagrams

• Maudlin, Mauldin, maudlin

Zulu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ínɮaːmú/

Noun

índlamú class 9 (plural izíndlamú class 10)

1. traditional Zulu dance

Inflection

Class 9/10
	Singular	Plural
Full form	indlamu	izindlamu
Locative	endlanyini	ezindlanyini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	indlamu		izindlamu
Simple form	ndlamu		zindlamu
Locative	endlanyini		ezindlanyini
Copulative	yindlamu		yizindlamu
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wendlamu	owendlamu	wezindlamu	owezindlamu
Class 2	bendlamu	abendlamu	bezindlamu	abezindlamu
Class 3	wendlamu	owendlamu	wezindlamu	owezindlamu
Class 4	yendlamu	eyendlamu	yezindlamu	eyezindlamu
Class 5	lendlamu	elendlamu	lezindlamu	elezindlamu
Class 6	endlamu	awendlamu	ezindlamu	awezindlamu
Class 7	sendlamu	esendlamu	sezindlamu	esezindlamu
Class 8	zendlamu	ezendlamu	zezindlamu	ezezindlamu
Class 9	yendlamu	eyendlamu	yezindlamu	eyezindlamu
Class 10	zendlamu	ezendlamu	zezindlamu	ezezindlamu
Class 11	lwendlamu	olwendlamu	lwezindlamu	olwezindlamu
Class 14	bendlamu	obendlamu	bezindlamu	obezindlamu
Class 15	kwendlamu	okwendlamu	kwezindlamu	okwezindlamu
Class 17	kwendlamu	okwendlamu	kwezindlamu	okwezindlamu

Descendants

• → English: indlamu