zu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zu"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Zulu or abbreviation of Zulu umZulu.

Symbol

zu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Zulu.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Zulu terms

Angami

Alternative forms

• dzu

Noun

zu

1. water
2. fermented rice beer

References

• Visier Sanyu, A history of Nagas and Nagaland (1996, →ISBN, page 51 (zu, rice beer)
• Robert Gordon Latham, Elements of Comparative Philology, page 31 (Angami wordlist) (zu, water)
• The Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (James Richardson Logan), volume 10 (1970) (Angami zu, water; mentions dzu)