dumela

/ (dʊˈmɛlə) /

Southern African hello; good morning

Word Origin for dumela

Sotho

You are a Tembu, Dumela; how then can you bring me a man of another tribe, and vouch for him as good?

A Veldt Vendetta |Bertram Mitford
The words of old Dumela were humming through my brain, as I bent over the dead boy in quest of spoor.

A Veldt Vendetta |Bertram Mitford
Giving no further thought to old Dumela, we fared forth over the moonlit veldt.

A Veldt Vendetta |Bertram Mitford
Dumela came upon the fresh spoor as he was out looking after that sick cow down in the kloof by Aasvogel Krautz.

A Veldt Vendetta |Bertram Mitford

Here we came up with Dumela, who had started on ahead, and had made the distance in most excellent time.

A Veldt Vendetta |Bertram Mitford