Glossary Translation of Anatomical words into IsiZulu Abbreviations - something—>sth example eg. isibonelo—» A Word English and IsiZulu A ~ an- before a vowel e.g. aphasia, anoxia (unkamisa ongaphambi kofeleba) Ab- ~ Temove from/take something away/abduct/lead from e.g abduction of an arm away from body (ukususa, ukuthwala ngokungemthetho) Abdomen - stomach (isisu) Abducent ~ from to lead, remove from + leading (ukuhola/ukuhambisa kusuka kokuthile) Aberrant ~ deviating from normal/something different/distinct features) (ckuhlukile kokuvamile/kokujwayelekile) Acetabulum ~ small vinegar cup (inkomishana kaviniga) Achalasia ~ a failure to relax (ukuhluleka ukuphula) Acinus - grapes (umgilebhisi) Acoustic sense offrelated to hearing (okuhambisana nokuzwa) Acromion ip of shoulder (ingaphezu kwehlombe) Ad- ~ to, towards, lead backwards (okuyela, okuholela entweni) Adenoid ~ tonsil-like tissue behind the nasal cavity (okusasipontshi Okuphakathi kwemuva lekhala nomphimbo) Adipose - fatty, from fat (okungamafutha/okukhuluphele) Aditus ~ ahole/an entrance (imbobo/indlela yokungena) Adrenal ~ on top of a kidney (phezu kwenso) Afferent ~ to carry, towards, nervous system (ukuthwala) Ala -awing (iphiko) Alaeque ~ alae of the nose + -que suffix meaning ‘and’ (okusekhaleni—ikhala + isijobelelo 'ne'—>nekhala) Alba - white substance (okumhlophe okuqinile) Albicans ~ becoming white (okubamhlophe) Albuginea - white substance (okumhlophe okuginile) -algia ~ suffix of the word pain (isijobelelo segama- ubuhlungu) Allantois ~ thing like sausage (okufana nesoseji) Alveolus - diminutive of a hollow (umgodi omncane) Alveus - a hole/cave (umgodi/umhubhe/umgede) Ambi- - prefix for both sides (isiphongozo esisho macala womabili/ndawozombili) Ambiguus ~ uncertain/doubtful (ukungabaza/ukungikaza) Ameloblast ~ hard substance in an egg/embryo (uqweqwe Iweganda lenzalo) Amnion ~ small sheep (imvu encane) Ampulla ~ globular flask (I-flask esaglubhu) Amygdaloid ~ an almond like (okufana nekinati/ne-almond) Amylacea ~ sth. starchy (okuyisitashi) ‘Ana ~up, towards, apart (phezulu, ukuyela, ukublukana) Anaesthesia ~ no sensation, feeling (ukubandikindiki/ukungabi namizwa)Axon Azygos B Basilic Biceps Bifurcate Blast Blastocyst Brachium Branchial Bregma Brevis Bronchus Buccal Buccinator Bulbi Bulla Bursa Cc Caecum Caeruleus Calcaneus Calcar Calcarine Callosum Calyx Canaliculus Canine Canthus Capitate Capitis Capitulum Caput medusae Cardiac Cardinal Carina Cameae Carnosus Carotid Carpus Cartilage Caruncle Catheter ~ arrows showing examples (imicibisholo enikeza incazelo, isib:X and Y axis ~ separated/scattered (okuhlukene) ~ royal/important/prominent (okubalulekile/okusezingeni cliphakeme) ~ two heads/bellies (amakhanda amabili/izisu ezimbili) ~ two forks (izimfologo ezimbili) ~ germ primitive tissue from human egg (igeiwane) ~ a germ from the bladder (igciwane lesinye) ~ an arm (ingalo) ~ gills (izimbobo oluphefumula ngayo izilwane ezisemanzini) ~ the front of the skull (indawo engaphambili ogebhezini lwekhanda) - short, brief (okufushane/okuncane) ~ the wind pipe (ipayipi lomoya elilumuntu) - the cheek (isiblathi) ~ trumpeter (umfuthi weeilongo) ~ genitive of a bulb (impande eyindilinga/isigaxa/indilinga) - large vesicle (ibhamuza elikhulu/ishashazi) ~ purse (isikhwama semali) ~ blind/to come into a dead-end (ukungaboni/ukuphuphutheka) - sky-blue (ubulublaza besibhakabhaka) ~ heel (isithende) ~ & spur e.g: on a spur of a moment (into ekhombe phezulu ecijile) ~ spur-shaped (okumise okwesijujo/okwesigqulo) ~ thick skin (isikhumba esiwugginsi) =a cup (inkomishi) - diminutive of a canal (ithumbu elincane lasemzimbeni) ~ from a dog (okubizwa kususelwa enjeni Isib. Izinyo elifana nelenja elicijile eliba kumuntu) - side/comner of an eye (icala/ikhona lehlo) ~ head-like (okufana nekhanda) ~ genitive of a head (okusukela ekhanda) - diminutive of the head (ikhanda elincane) ~ like a spider with many legs (okunjengesicabucabu esinemilenze eminingi) - from the heart (enhliziyweni) - principal (okukhulu/okuyinhloko) - akeel (intende yomkhumbi/isiqu somkhumbi) ~ flesh (izinyamalizicubu zomzimba) ~ fleshy (okuyizinyama/yizicubu zomzimba) - large neck veins (ubuthongo obukhulu\obude) - the wrist (isihlakala) ~ gristle (inyama eyingqumungqumu/uqwanga/inblali) ~'small fleshy mass ~ from flesh (izicutshana ezincane eziningi) ~ thing sent down or put in (okuhanjiswa phansi\okufakwe phakathi)Conoid Coracoid Corium Comea Comiculate Comu Corona Coronary Coronoid Corpus Corpuscle Cimrugator Cortex Costa Cranium Cremaster Cribriform Cribrosa Cricoid Crista Cruciate Cruciform Crus Crypt Cubital Cuboid Cumulus Cuneate Cuneiform Cupola Cusp Cutaneous Cyst cyte, cyto-, cyt- D Dartos Decussation Deferens Deglutition Dehiscence Dendrite Dens Dentate Denticulate Dentine ~ resembling a cone (okufana nenhlamvu yomuthi okuthiwa Epine) - resembling a crown (okufana nomgele) ~ skin/leather (isikhumba) ~ clear layer over eye (untwentwesi olukhanyayo phezu kweso) ~ shaped like a small horn (okwenziwe kwafana nophondo oluncane) - hom (uphondo) ~ crown (umghele) ~ encircling like a crown (okuyindilinga njengomqhele) ike a crown (okunjengomghele) - body (umzimba) - small body (umzimba omncane) ~ to form a wrinkle (ukubuyisa izinhlonze) + shell/bark (igobongo) - rib (ubambo) ~ upper part of the head (indawo engasenhla nekhanda) ~ suspend/hang (ukuyekisa/ukuxosha) - sieve shaped, form (okukhandwe njengesisefo) ~ same as above (okufana nokungenhla) ~ ring/round shaped (okusandilinga) ~ a crest/a ridge (isiqhova/isihloko/isidlodlo) ~ crossed/like a cross (okuphambene/okuyisiphambano) ~ shaped like a cross (okume njengesiphambano) - leg/part of the body between the ankle and knee (umlenze/umbala) ~ hidden (okufihlekile) - elbow (indololwane) - sth resembling a cube (okufana ne-cube) ~ a hip/a little mound (indunduma encane/inggongelelo/inqwaba) ~ a wedge (ucezu olucijile) - wedged shaped (okumise okocezu olucijile) ~ a little tub/a little dome (umphongolo/umegomo omncane) ~ pointed tip (isihloko esicijile) ~ skin (isikhumba) - bladde (isinye) ~ ahollow vessel used to denote a cell (okusapayipi elinembobo ndawozombili) to operate (ukuhlinza) ~ a cross like letter X (okuphambene njengo X) ~ to carry away (ukuthatha\ukuphatha) ~ to swallow (ukugwinya) ~ separation/torn (ukuhlukana) ~ tree (isihlahla) = tooth (izinyo) - tooth like projection (izinyo elinjenge projection) ~ a small projection like tooth (izinyo elincane) - derived from tooth (okususelwa ezinyweni)Epiglottis - upon + tongue (phezu kolimi/amminzo) Epimysium ~ upon + muscle (phezu kwemisipha) Epiphora ~ put on top of sth. (ukubeka phezu kwe-/ukufikisa phezulu kwe-) Epiphysis ~ to grow (ukukhula) Epiploic - float on top of sth (ukuntanta phezu kwe-) Epithelium ~ upon nipple (phezu kwengono) Epoophoron = upon ovary (ukuhamba kweqanda/phezu kwesizalo) Erigentes ~ to erect/(ukukhula kwento/ukukhukhumala) Enuption ~ rash on skin (ukuqubuka/ublevane) Erythrocyte ~ red cells (amagqamuzana abomvu emzimbeni) Ethmoid ~ a sieve + like (okuyisisefo) Eversion ~ to change (ukuphendula/ukushintsha) Evolution ~ to tum outwards (ukuphendulela ngaphandle) Extra ~ extra/beyond/outside of (okweqile/okungaphandle/okuphezu kwenani elithile) Fk Fabella ~ small bean (uhlamvana lukabhontshisi) Falciform ~ a sickle shaped (okumise okwesikela) Falx ~ a sickle (isikela) Fascia - a band/a sash/a bandage (ibhandishi) Fasciculus ~ small bundle (isixha esincane) Fauces - plural of narrow passages (amaphaseji amancane) Femur - thigh (ithanga) Fenestra - window (iwindo/ifasitela) Ferruginea - iron rust (irusi yensimbi) Fetus, foetus ~ baby older than 8 weeks (umntwana osemncane kakhulu esiswini) Fibula ~a buckle (***) Filum ~ a thread (intambo kakotini /intanjana encane) Fimbria ~ fringe (izinwele ezilengela esiphongweni/isicelankobe) Fissure ~ a cleft/a groove (umfantu) Fistula - tubelpipe (ishubhu/ipayipi) Flavus, flava flavum - yellow (okuphuzi) Flexion ~ an act of bending (ukugoba) Flexure ~ sth, stretchy/bended sth (okugobeka) Flocculus ~ a bunch of smal! wool (isixha sovolo/sewuli) Folia - plural of leaf (amacembe) Follicle ~ small money bag (isikhwama esincane semali) Fontanelle - dimunitive of a fountain (umthombo omncane) Foramen - to bore/to pierce (ukubhoboza)/small opening (imbobo encane) Forceps ~ any instrument that pinches (into okuncinzwa ngayo) Form - three dimensional shape (okukhandwe kwayizinhlobo ezintathu) Fornix ~ arch (umphongolo) Fovea ~a small pit ()*** Fossa - diteh/to dig (ukugubha) Frenulum ~ diminutive of a bridle (okusatomu elincane) Frondiform ~ leafy branch (igatsha elinamacembe)a Habenula Haemopoiesis Haemorrhoid Hallux Hamate Hamulus Haustrum Helicotrema Hemiplegia Hepatic Hemia Herpes Hetero Hiatus Hippocampus Histiocyte Histology Hilum ‘Homo Homo- Homologous Hormone Humerus Humour Hyaline Hyloid Hydro Hymen Hyoid Hyper Hypo- Hypochordal Hypophysis Hypothenar 1 Tleum Hliac ium Ima Impar ~ diminutive of a strap (ibhande elincane) - blood making (ukukhiqiza igazi) - blood + flow (umthambo ohambisa igazi) - the great toe (ubhonsi) ~ hooked, from ahook (okusahhuku/okuhhukekile) ~ small hook (ihhuku elincane) ~ machine for drawing water (umshini wokudonsa amanzi) - a hole/a spiral or a slit (umgodi) ~ stroke/powerless on one side of the body (ukukhubazeka uhlangothi lomzimba) ~ the liver (isibindi) - protrusion through an opening (isibhono) = sores (izilonda) ~ other/different from other (okunye/ okwehlukile) - to gape/big opening (ukuvula kakhulu umlomo ngokumangala) ~ a sea horse (ihhashi lasolwandle) - web (okusabulwembu) - the web, tissue discourse (ukufundisa ngamatissues) 8 gateway (isango) aman (umuntu) - the same (okufanayo) - sth with similar meaning/structure, corresponding such as muscles and nerves (okusho into eyodwa/ okuhambisanayo njengama masela nemithambo/nemizwa) - to stimulate sth. (ukuthinteka kwemizwa/uketshezi olukhigizeka ngaphakathi ludiulele egazini Iwenze umuntu akwazi ukukhula) - shoulder (ihlombe) - liquid (uketshezi) ~ glassy, from glass (okuyingilazi) ~ glassy like (okunjengengilazi) - water (amanzi) - membrane (isikhumba esilithwathwasi/ilijwabu) - like U-shaped (okukhandwe njengo -U) - above/over (ngaphezulu/okweqile) - below/same as L. sub (ngapha: = underpart of the body which is like a hard rope (indawo engaphansi yomzimba emise okwentambo eqinile) ~ under growth/sth. that grows below e.g roots (okumila ngaphansi) ~ under + palm of the hand (ngaphansi kwentende yesandla) ~ distal small intestines from to twist/to roll (amathumbu amancane athandelene) - loins (indawo ephakathi kwezimbambo ne hip-bone emacaleni womabili omgogodla/ukhalo lomzimba) ~ indawo ephakathi kwezimbambo nama-hips/ukhalo (part between sibs and hips) - lowest (okuncane/okungaphansi kwenani elithize) ~ unequal/unpaired (okungalingani/okungahambisani)Larynx ~ upper part of wind pipe (indawo ephezulu yepayipi lomoya kumuntu) Lata - wide (okubanzi) Lateral ~ something away from the center situated on the side/flank (icala lomzimba phakathi kwezimbambo nama hips) Latissimu - widest, from wide (okubanzikazi) Lemniscus - aribbon (umucu) Lentiform ~ something shaped like a lentil (okumise okwembewu yohlobo Iwesihlahla esithiwa i-legumin) Leucocyte ~ white + cells (ama cells amhlophe) Levator ~ a lifter/an elevator (into ephakamisayo) Lienal, lieno - the spleen (ulubende) Limbie ~ border/fringe (indawo esekugcineni emathunjini athwala okungasadingeki emzimbeni) Limitans - limit/boundary (umngcele) Lingua ~ tongue (ulwimi) Lingula - little tongue (ulwimi oluncane) Locus - a position (indawo) -logy - a word/discourse (ibizo, isifundo) Longissimus - longest (okudekazi/okubanzikazi) Longus ~ long (okude/okubanzi) Lucidum - clear/transparent/transluscent (okukhanyayo/okuewebile) Lumbar - loin (iqolo/amanyongwa) Lumbrical ~ umsundu (earthworm) Lunate ~ crescent-shaped, from the moon (okumise okwenyanga) Lutea - yellow (okuphuzi) Lymph ~ clear water (amanzi acwebile) M Macro - large (okukhulu) Macula ~ a stain/a spot/a blemish (ibala/isisihla) Magna ~ great (okukhulwokubanzi) Malleolus ~ alittle hammer (isando esincane) Malieus ~ hammer (isando) Mamillaria - a nipple (ingono) Mamma - breast/a teat (ibele) Mandible ~ lower jaw (umhlathi ongezansi) Manubrium ~ handle, from a hand/shield (ukuphatha ngesandla) Manus ~a hand (isandla) Masseter from a chewer (inhlafuno) Mastication ~ to chew (ukuhlafuna) Mastoid - breast + like (okunjengamabele) Matrix - womb/a female breeding animal (isibeletho) Maxilla - a upper jaw bone (ithambo lomblathi langaphezulu) Maximus, maximum - biggest (okukhulu kakhulu) Meatus ~ passage, from to go (indlela) Medial ~ middle, i.e towards the midline (iphakathi/okuyela ngaselayinini ophakathi nendawo) Median ~aline in the middle (emuggeni ophakathi nendawo) Mediastinum ~ sth that stands in the middle (okume phakathi nendawo)Nystagmus Q Obturator Occiput Oculomotor Oculus Odontoblast Oedema Oesophagus oid Olecranon Olfaction Omentum Omo- ‘Ontogeny Oocyte Operculum Ophthalmic Ophthalmoscope Opponens Optic Ora Oral Orbicular Orbit Os, oris Os, ossis -osis Ossification Osteoblast Osteoclast Osteocyte Osteology Ostium Otic Otolith Otoscope Ovum Oxyntic Pp Palaeo Palate Palpebra Pampiniform ~ to be sleepy/to nod (ukozela) - that which stops an opening (ukuvala imbobo) - back + head (ngemuva + ikhanda=ingemuva lekhanda) zye mover (into yokuhambisa amehlo) ili) hlo (an eye) ~ tooth + seed/something that give rise to the tooth (izinyo + imbewu= imbewu *** ~ swelling, from to swell (ukudumba) ~ swallow/throat (umminzo) - like/resembling sth/in the form of sth/shape (njenge/okufana ne-) - elbow + head (ikhanda lendololwane) ~ to smell/to have a smell + to make (ukcunuka) ~ fatty membrane/from to put on/to clothe (isikhumba esilithwathwasi esikhuluphele) - shoulder (ihlombe) ~ development of an individual (ukukhula komuntu) ~ a female egg (iqanda lomuntu wesifazane) ~ a coverta lid (isivalo, isembozo) ~ an eye (i(li)hlo) ~ eye examination (ukublola amehlo) - placing against/opposing (okuphikisana ne-) - from sight/for sight (ukubona/ukubuka) ~ an edge/a margin (umphetho/umkhawulo) - mouth (umlomo) + circular/rounded/from a circle (okuzungezile) ~ a wheel track/a circuit (umjikelezo) - a mouth/an opening (umlomo/imbobo) -a bone (ithambo) - condition/state/process (isimo/umumo/ukughubeka) ~ bone + to make (ithambo +ukwenza) ~ bone + germ (ithambo + igciwane) ~ bone + a breaker (ithambo + umungamuli/umuhlephuli) ~ bone + a hollow vessel (ithambo + umthambo ovulekile) ~ study of bones (isifundo samathambo) ~ a door/an opening (umnyango/isivalo/imbobo) - ear (indlebe) ~ ear + stone (indlebe + isisekelo) ~ ear +to examine/to view (indlebe+ ukuhlola/ukubuka) ~ iganda (an egg) ~ sour/to make acid (okumuncu/ukwenza okumuncu/okubabayo) ~ sth old (okudala/okugugile) - the palate (ulwanga/amalaka) + eyelid (ijwabu leso) - tendril shaped (okufana nomlibo oyinkintsho yokubamba)(umfanekiso odwetshiwe/umcabango/umumo wenhliziyo Jindawo engamamasela ephakathi kwesifuba nesisu esiza ukuphefumula) Phylogeny - tribe/production of a tribe (isizwana/ukukhigizeka kwesizwana) Pia mater ~ covering around the brain (okwemboze ubuchopho) Piles ~ a ball (okungamathunjana amila endaweni yokuzikhulula) Pilomotor ~ hair remover (okususa izinwele) Pineal ~ pine cone (inhlamvu yornuthi okuthiwa I-pine) Piriform ~ pear shaped (okumise okweganandoda) Pituitary - mucus (amafinyila) Placenta ~a cake (ikhekhe/umezanyane) Placode - sth flat/broad like (okuyisicaba/okubanzi) Plantar - sole of foot (ingaphansi lonyawo) Platysma - broad (okubanzi) Pleomorphic - more + shapes (izimoteziningi) Pleura - rib/the side/lining of the chest cavity (ubambo/icele/ingaphakathi lesifuba) Plexus ~ network; from braid (okuyinethi/okwalukiwe) Plica - okugogekile (folded) Pneumon - air (umoya) Pollex - thumb (isithupha) Pollicis ~ genitive of a poller (umsuka wesithupha) Poly - many (okuningi) Polymorphonuclear - many and shaped like a nut (okuningi okufana nekinati elincane) Pons ~ a bridge (ibhuloho) Popliteus - back of the thigh (ingemuva lethanga) Porta ~ an antrance/ aportal/ gateway (indawo yokungena) Post- ~ after (ngemiva noma okulandelwayo) Pre- ~ before in space or time (ngaphambi kwesikhathi esithile) Prepuce - foreskin (ijwabu) Pretrematic - before a hole, a slit/a gill-cleft (ngaphambi komgodi) Primus, prima, primum. first (okokuqala) Princeps ~ inkosi ethathe kwenye (a chief from first + to take) Procerus - endaweni yophondo (in place of a hom) Proctitis ~ inflammation of the anus (ukuluma kabuhlungu kwendunu) Proctodaeum ~ an anal opening (imbobo yendle) Profundus - deep from before + bottom (ngaphakathi ekujuleni) Proligerus ~ to bearito give birth/offspring (ukuzala) Prominens ~ sth projecting (okuphumele ngaphandle) Pronations ~ to bent forward, hence to face downwards (ukugobela phambili ube ubheke phansi) Pronephros - before pro/infront of + nephros kidney (ngaphambili ensweni) Proprioceptive = to take one’s own thing (ukuthatha into okungeyomniniyo) Prostate - standing before (omile ongaphambili) Pseudo- - false (iphutha/amanga) Psoas ~loin muscle (imisipha/izinyama zeqolo) Prerion - a wing (iphiko) Pterygoid ~ pterrygos > wing + oid >like (okufana nephiko) Prosis ~ falling (not properly) Pubis - ithambo lesingezansi (lower abdomen bone)Rubro Rugose s Sacciform Saccule Sacrum Sagittal Salpinx Saphenous Sartorius Scala Scalene Scaphoid Scapula Sciatic Sclera Sclerotome Scoliosis Scotopic Scrotum Sebaceous Sella turcica Semilunar Seminiferous Serous Serum Serratus Sesamoid Sigmoid Singulare Sinus Soleus Solitarius Somatic Somatopleure Somite Spermatocyte Spermatogenesis Spermatogonium Spermatozoon Sphenoid Sphincter Spine Splanchnic Splanchnopleure - from red (okubomvu) ~ wrinkled (ukushwabana) ~a sack + shape (okumise okwesaka) ~ alittle sack/a little bag (isaka elincane/isikhwama esincane) ~ sacred (okungewele) ~ an arrow (umeibisholo) - a tube/atrumpet (ishubhu/icilongo) - manifest/apparent/not hidden (okuvelile/okungafihlekile) a tailor/sitting cross-legged (umthungi/ukublala uphambanise ~a staircase (isitezi/isitebhisi) ~ unxantathu onamacala angalingani (a triangle with unequal sides) ~ okunjenge sikebhe esincane (a smaill boat + like) ~ isiphanga (the shoulder blade) ~ ingxenye ye-hiphu (part of the hip) ~ hard (okuginile) - to cut (ukusika) ~ okuwugweje/okungagondile (crooked/curving + condition) ~ darkness + sight/problem with seeing (inkinga yokubona) ~ a bag (isikhwama) - oil produced by e.g. pimples (ukukhipha amaftha Isib.izinduna) ~a seat/a Turkish saddle) isihlalo ~ half + the moon (ucezu + inyanga) ~ seed + to carry (ukuthwala imbewu/imbewu equkethwe) - like watery part of the blood (njengoketshezi lwamanzi egazini/umantshu) + liquid part of the blood (uketshezi olusegazini) - tooth sore (isilonda/umgodi ezinyweni) ~ small seed (imbewu encane) ~ S shaped (okunjengo- S) ~ single/separate (okukodwa/okuhlukene) ~ hollow (umhume/umgodi) ~ sole of the foot (ingaphansi lonyawo) - solitary/alone/no companion (okukodwana/okungenakho okuhambisana nakho) - body parts except the insides (okuphathelene nomzimba wonké ngaphandle kwezangaphakathi) ide of the body (uhlangothi lomzimba) - body (umzimba) ~ seed + cell (imbewu + intwanyana ephetheyo) - umikhigizo wembewn (seed production) ~ seed that produces/generates (okukhiqizwa imbewu) ~ seed of an animal (imbewu yesilwane) ~ wedge like (okufana nocezu olucijile) ~ a tight binder (obopha kugine) +a backbone (umgogodla) - izibilini/amathumbu/izitho zomzimba (an organ/an entrail) - ublangothi Iwesitho somzimba (a side of an organ)Taenia Talus Tapetum Tarsus Tectorial Tectum Tegmentum Tela Tele ‘Temporal Tendon Tentorium Teres Tertius Testicle Testis Tetra Tetrology Thalamus Theca Thenar Thorax Thrombus Thymus Thyroid Tibia Tonsil Torticollis Torus Trabecula Trachea Tragus Trans-prefix Trapezoid Triceps Trigeminal Trigone Triquetral Trochanter Trochea Trophoblast Tuber Tubercle Tuberosity Turbinate ‘Tympanum - a band/a tape (ibhande) ~ an ankle (iqakala) ~ a carpet/a tapestry (ukhaphethi) ~ eyelid (ijwabu leso) ~ an overlaying surface e.g wallpaper (endawo enanyathiselwe) ~ a roof (uphahla) ~ a covering (okwembozile) ~ a web (ubulwembu) ~ a distance/distant (kude) - short time (okwesikhashana) ~ bone found on the upper part of the hand (ithambo elingaphezulu esandleni) - a tent (ithende) - round/long (okude okuyindilinga) - the third (okwesithathu) - diminutive of testis (amasende amancane) ~ glands of the male sex/witness (amasende/ufakazi) - four/word with 4 syllables (okune) ~ a collection four (okuhamba ngakune) - an inner chamber/bedroom (ikamelo lokulala) - box (ibhokisi) - palm of the hand (intende yesandla) - breastplate/the chest (isifuba) ~ a clotfump (ihluli) ~ sweetbread (okunobuswidi) - large gland at the front of the neck producing a hormone which controls the body's growth & development/shield like (okunjengesihlangu sokuvika) ~ a flute/a pipe (ipayipi) ~ the tonsil (amathansela/umphimbo) - twisted neck (ukusonteka kwentamo) - swelling/knot/bulge/outward curve (ukudumba/iqhutshana) ~ small beam (amapulangwe ahamba phezu kosilingi ophahleni) - wind pipe (ipayipi elihamba umoya) ~ a goat (imbuzi) - through (okusuka ecaleni elilodwa kuye kwelinye) - four sided figures with no parallel sides (amacala amane angabhekene) - three heads (amakhanda amathathu) - three born together/triplets (amawele amathathu) - triangle/three cornered angle (unxantathu) - three cornered (okungamakhona amathathu) ~ a runner/to run (umgijimi/ukugijima) ~ a pully (into edonsayo) - nutrition + germ seed (okondla umzimba) ~ a protuberance/a knob (incegela/isiphundu) - diminutive of tuber (okufana nesigaga /iligoni) big tuber (isigaxa esikhulu) ~ a child’s top (ukhakhayi Iwengane) - an ear drum (isigubhu sendlebe lapho okufikela khonaVorticose Vulva x Xiphistermum Xiphoid Z Zomile Zygoma - a whirlpool/a whorl (isiphethu/umsinga/insongezi) ~ an external genetilia (ingaphansi) ~ a sword (inkemba) - xiphos a sword + -oid like (okunjengenkemba) - zone/girdle (into ezongelezayo/ibhande) - from zygon -a yoke (ijokwe)