A while back Edward Baker wrote:
>Greetings to our international correspondents,
>
>I request your assistance in translating a single word. At Mystic Seaport
>we are building a ship, an 80 foot recreation of the Cuban (Spanish
>Flagged) Schooner _Amistad_ (circa 1840).
>The word Amistad means Friendship in English. I'm looking for the
>equivalent word in as many languages as I can get.
It has taken me a while to get them together but here, kindly researched by
Vincent Maumela of our Anthropological Division, are the translations in 10
of our 11 official languages here in South Africa.
Zulu ubungani
Northern Sotho bogwera or sekgotse
Southern Sotho setswalle
Tsong xingana or vungana
Venda vhukonani or vhutama
Setswana botsalano or tsalano
Xhosa ubungani
Ndebele ubungani
Swazi ubungane
Afrikaans vriendskap
The 11th language is naturally English.
Edward, I hope this helps.
Glyn Balkwill
National Cultural History Museum Tel 27 (0)12 3411320
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All opinions expressed are very definitely my own