ijuba, noun
- Forms:
- Show more Also Ijuba, iJuba, juba, jubu.
- Origin:
- IsiZuluShow more IsiZulu, ‘dove’.
a. (With initial capital.) The proprietory name of a brand of sorghum beer. b. Loosely, any such beer: tshwala sense a i. Cf. jabulani.
1973 Drum 22 Apr. 12‘Do you drink jubu?’ she asked the Drum reporter. The reply was a firm No. ‘You talk like you do,’ came the calm rejoinder.
1990 W. Botha in Frontline Sept. 19You know, our Zulu men’s kingdom is beer and braai meat...Shabalala gives the men Ijuba and meat, then he says, ‘Come and fight’.
(With initial capital.) The proprietory name of a brand of sorghum beer.
Loosely, any such beer: tshwala sense a i.
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