mbaula, noun

/(ə)mbaˈʊːla/
Forms:
Also mbauula, mbawula.
Origin:
IsiZulu
Among speakers of Sintu (Bantu) languages: konka.
1963 B. Modisane Blame Me on Hist. (1986) 21I..neglected my duties and was away until an hour before sunset; then, I hurriedly started the fire in the mbaula, brazier.
1977 P.C. Venter Soweto 8When winter came, the families would carry the mbawula inside; stoves were an impossible dream and the brazier had to keep the bitter winds at bay. But a smoking mbawula was also a health hazard.
1980 Voice 23 July 2The man died after he had slept next to a brazier (mbaula) in order to keep warm. The mbaula was placed among a heap of bags of coal in a tiny room.
1987 P. Qoboza in City Press 25 Oct. 8Usually people living in shacks had their mbawulas (braziers) burning at full speed outside where they cooked their night meals.
1988 M. Tlali in Staffrider Vol.7 No.3, 354You’ll see all those women sitting there roasting mielies on the ‘mbaulas’ (braziers).
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mbaqanga, nounn.mbila, nounn.
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