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From: "Becky Horne" <>
Subject: [ZA] THE MEANING OF WORDS
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 06:01:58 +0200


Hi Rhoda

Maybe the farm had a lot of water, which would make the land very fertile?
If so, it could mean ‘Big water’ ?

-Khulu – big
-imukile – so big
amanzi – water

Khulu amanzi or imukile amanzi

Regards
Becky

>>I have recently discovered that a farm that my grandfather purchased in
the early 1900's in Western Australia was called by what my parents are led
to believe was a South African name. I believe the former owner of the
property had been from South Africa.

So far as I can put it onto paper the name appears to have been of three
words. When my mother spoke the words they sounded like 'Manzi i Coola'.
She didn't know the spelling but said the meaning was supposed to be 'Cool
Waters'. >>






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