isidwaba, noun
- Forms:
- Also sidwaba.
- Origin:
- IsiZulu.
A pleated hide skirt or kilt worn by a Zulu woman as a sign of betrothal or marriage; transferred sense, the woman who wears such a skirt.
1956 J. Chatterton Return of Drums 22She has large holes in the lobes of her ears, a sign that she had at one time been a heathen, a sidwaba — one who wears a skin skirt.
1988 L. Kaunda in Pace Oct. 50A black isidwaba (cowhide skirt), leopard skins and intricate beadware.
A pleated hide skirt or kilt worn by a Zulu woman as a sign of betrothal or marriage; transferred sense, the woman who wears such a skirt.
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