Nguni
Language Details
| Family | Niger-Congo |
Hebrew Comparisons
| Word | Meaning | Hebrew Word | Transliteration | Hebrew Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phunyuka | Escaping, slipping away, or getting away from a situation | פֶּסַח | peçach | from פָּסַח; a pretermission, i.e. exemption; used only techically of the Jewish Passover (the festival or the victim); passover (offering). |
| hleka | to laugh | שָׂחַק | sâchaq | a primitive root; to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play; deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport. |