kwetha dance, noun phrase
- Forms:
- Also abakweta dance.
- Origin:
- IsiXhosa, EnglishShow more From isiXhosa umkhwetha (see abakwetha) + English dance.
tshila. Hence kwetha-dancing verbal noun.
1891 Stat. of Cape of G.H. 1889–93 (1894) 254Act To prohibit the Native Dances known as the ‘Abakweta’ and ‘Intonjane’ Dances.
1989 Greater Dict. of Xhosa III. 391ín.tshílì,..an outstanding performer of the traditional khwetha dance...uku.tshílìsà,..make (circumcision initiates, abakhwetha) dance the khwetha dance..; hold a khwetha-dancing competition.
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