jabulani, noun

/ˌdʒabʊˈlɑːni/
Forms:
Also jabulaan, and with initial capital.
Origin:
IsiXhosa, isiZuluShow more IsiXhosa and isiZulu, imperative plural form of jabula be joyful, rejoice.
a. With initial capital: The proprietory name of a brand of sorghum beer. b. Loosely, any such beer: tshwala sense a i. Also attributive. Cf. ijuba.
1974 Daily Dispatch 22 Nov. (Indaba) 5He had gone to a shebeen and become involved in an argument..over a can of jabulani.
1975 Daily Dispatch 11 Apr. 7Jabulani is blamed for an increase in venereal disease...‘I propose that the jabulani beer hall be replaced by a dairy where people can buy milk and Amasi...We don’t want Jabulani here. It must go immediately, bad things occur because of it.’
1979 E. Prov. Herald 6 Apr. (Suppl.) 5Sorghum not Jabulani, MP told. Chief G.N. N— asked what the department was doing about the sale of jabulani, which was now sold under the name of ‘Mqomboti’ and ‘Xhosa beer’ in cartons although it had been banned by the Assembly.
1982 C. Van Wyk Message in Wind 12Aunt Lilian had made a pot of Vusi’s favourite drink, jabulani, to celebrate the good news that had arrived that afternoon.
Loosely, any such beer: tshwala sense a i. Also attributive.
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