Venda
ISO 639-3: ven
Official language of South Africa
Language Details
| Family Lineage | Niger-Congo › Atlantic-Congo › Volta-Congo › Benue-Congo › Bantoid › Southern Bantoid › Bantu |
| Countries | South Africa, Zimbabwe |
| Approximate Speakers | ~1,400,000 |
| Notes | Distinct within Southern Bantu with unique phonological features |
Hebrew Comparisons
| Word | Meaning | Hebrew Word | Transliteration | Hebrew Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -pfa | to hear, perceive | אָזַן | ʼâzan | a primitive root; probably to expand; but used only as a denominative from אֹזֶן; to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listen; give (perceive by the) ear, hear(-ken). See אָזַן. |
| Mudzimu | spirit | אֱלֹהִים | ʼĕlôhîym | plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty. |
| mwana | child | בֵּן | bên | (Aramaic) corresponding to בֵּן; {a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense}; child, son, young. |
| mugodi | pit, hole | גֵּב | gêb | from גּוּב; a log (as cut out); also well or cistern (as dug); beam, ditch, pit. |
| godi | hole, pit | גֹּב | gôb | (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to גּוּב; a pit (for wild animals) (as cut out); den. |
| uṋi | honey | דְּבַשׁ | dᵉbash | from an unused root meaning to be gummy; honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup; honey(-comb). |
| -fanana | to be like, to resemble | דָּמָה | dâmâh | a primitive root; to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider; compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes. |
| ludonga | wall | דֹּק | dôq | from דָּקַק; something crumbling, i.e. fine (as a thin cloth); curtain. |
| upfara | width, breadth | טֹפַח | ṭôphach | from טָפַח (the same as טֵפַח); {a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm)}; hand-breadth (broad). |
| ububula | to moan, groan, wail | יָבַב | yâbab | a primitive root; to bawl; cry out. |
| lila | to cry, weep | יָלַל | yâlal | a primitive root; to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one); (make to) howl, be howling. |
| u hula | to grow (up), to mature | 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. |
| dzola | to be calm, at peace, tranquil | שַׁלְוָה | shalvâh | from שָׁלָה; security (genuine or false); abundance, peace(-ably), prosperity, quietness. |