(from the book Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton)

[from the List of Words:]

Umnumzana

Pronounced "oomnoomzaan." Means "sir."

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"Piga" and "M'uzuri" in the Green Hills of Africa
List of Afrikaans words compiled by Bernard Nieuwoudt

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