‖hlala kahle, interjectional phrase

/ˌɬala ˈɡɑːɬe/
Forms:
Also hlala gahle.
Origin:
IsiZuluShow more IsiZulu, hlala live, stay, remain, stop + kahle, see gashle.
sala kahle.
1898 B. Mitford Induna’s Wife 298I am old now, and my time is at hand for a longer sleep than that which now awaits me underneath your waggon. Nkose! Hlala gahle!
1907 J.P. Fitzpatrick Jock of Bushveld 404When it was all over Jim recovered rapidly, and at parting time there was the broadest of grins and a stentorian shout of ‘Hlala Kahle! Inkos!’
[1949 J. Mockford Golden Land 267As the Mother City and the mountains and the clouds, and all South Africa, grow misty before my eyes, I first murmur ‘Hlala kahle!’ which is for Zulu [sic] ‘Rest gently!’..and then ‘Tot siens!’ which is Afrikaans for ‘see you again!’]
1961 T.V. Bulpin White Whirlwind 330As they rode away, the chiefs called after them the customary Hamba Kahle! or ‘Travel contentedly.’ They replied Hlala Kahle — ‘Remain contentedly’, and the first peace indaba was over.
1964 G. Campbell Old Dusty 34‘Inkosi, I thank you, but you have made a mistake. This is red money. I only want to buy snuff. This will buy blankets. It is for me? Inkosi, I thank you. You are indeed generous. Hlala kahle, Inkosi.’ ‘Hamba kahle, Mgwaza, son of Magoila,’ and he was gone.
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