mhlekazi, noun
- Origin:
- In Nguni languages, the vocative of umhlekazi.
Among speakers of the Nguni languages: an honorific, ‘Your Excellency’.
1979 F. Dike First S. African 3Nkosi, the birth certificate...Do you think it will be alright...I mean at Native Affairs?..Nkosi, please mhlekazi, I beg of you, don’t make my child suffer, he does not deserve it.
1986 G. Dlukula in Pace Mar. 78Mhlekazi! Comrade! I greet you in the Holy name of our Lord, in the name of your stunning rise to prominence.
an honorific, ‘Your Excellency’.
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