Tsonga
ISO 639-3: tso
Official language of South Africa
Language Details
| Family Lineage | Niger-Congo › Atlantic-Congo › Volta-Congo › Benue-Congo › Bantoid › Southern Bantoid › Bantu |
| Countries | South Africa, Mozambique |
| Approximate Speakers | ~3,500,000 |
| Notes | Also known as Shangaan with strong cross-border usage |
Hebrew Comparisons
| Word | Meaning | Hebrew Word | Transliteration | Hebrew Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| xigodi | pit, hole | גֵּב | gêb | from גּוּב; a log (as cut out); also well or cistern (as dug); beam, ditch, pit. |
| vuchi | honey | דְּבַשׁ | dᵉbash | from an unused root meaning to be gummy; honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup; honey(-comb). |
| -fanana | to be similar, resemble | דָּמָה | dâmâh | a primitive root; to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider; compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes. |
| rindonga | walls | דֹּק | dôq | from דָּקַק; something crumbling, i.e. fine (as a thin cloth); curtain. |
| ku kula | to grow, to become big | כֶּלַח | kelach | from an unused root meaning to be complete; maturity; full (old) age. |
| kata | to cut | כָּרַת | kârath | a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces); be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want. |
| yima | to stand, to stop, to remain | עָמַד | ʻâmad | a primitive root; to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive); abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, [phrase] serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-) stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry. |