Zulu plant names:
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i.
Explanatory preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
The tree with no name xvii
1 Introduction 1
Background to this book 1
When is a name not a ‘name’? 2
Botany and linguistics 4
Sources of data 7
Cross-language borrowing (the ‘Tambootie Factor’) 14
Zulu names adopted from English or Afrikaans 14
Plant names adopted from Zulu and other African languages 15
The Umzimbeet 16
The Tamboetie 16
The Lala Palm 16
The Ifafa Lily 17
Madoombies and matoengoelas 17
The Umtiza, the Iboza and various other plant species 17
2 The nature and history of plant naming 20
Indigenous knowledge versus scientific botany 27
Naming ‘just happens’ versus deliberate, planned naming 28
Namers unknown versus namers known 28
Date of naming unknown versus date of naming and
identification recorded 29
Meaning very often entirely referential versus referential
and underlying meanings 29
Unsystematic versus systematic 31
Range from single words to phrase versus binomial system 32
Knowledge passed on orally versus knowledge passed on
academically 33
Knowledge stored in group memories versus knowledge
stored in writing 34
A comparison of five authors 35
Correspondence between plant and name 36
One name for several plants 36
Several names for one plant 36
Variations in oral knowledge 37
The Zulu Botanical Knowledge Project 40
3 The structure of plant names 42
Introduction 42
Terminology issues 43
All names are nouns 43
Underlying structure of plant names 45
The structure of Zulu plant names 47
Plant names in the Zulu noun class system 47
Distribution of plant names 48
Plant name stems occurring in more than one noun class 49
Names of fruit 50
Zulu plant names with related words for fields, gardens,
thickets and groves 51
Change of noun class means change of species 52
Different types of Zulu noun stems 52
Simple stems 52
Plant names with reduplicated stems 54
Complex stems 56
Use of -ma- 56
Use of -no- 57
Various other verbal and nominal affixes 59
Compound stems 59
Phrasal names 61
Compounds with -thi 62
Morphological variations 68
Name formatives in Zulu 68
4 The semantics of plant names 74
Introduction 74
Relationship between underlying meanings and plant itself
or Zulu cultural usage of plant 78
Connotative and associative meanings 80
Some exploration of meaning in botanical names and English,
Southern Sotho and Afrikaans vernacular names 83
Botanical names 83
English names 84
Southern Sotho names 87
Afrikaans names 89
Relationship between meanings in a polysemic entry 91
5 Using umuthi 93
Introduction 93
The nature of umuthi 94
The properties of umuthi 96
Chemical properties 96
Sympathetic properties 97
Environmental properties 100
The users of umuthi 101
The inyanga 101
The indigenous knowledge of an inyanga 102
Administrative procedures 103
The isangoma 104
The inyanga yezulu 105
The umthakathi 106
The umuntukazana 108
Concoction types 108
Catalysts 110
Named medicine types 111
Conclusion 114
6 Names referring to the plant itself 115
Introduction 115
Zulu plant names with no equivalent in the botanical
nomenclature 117
Describing the plant itself 118
The ‘maas’ metaphor 118
Behaviour and growth patterns of plants 120
Thoms 122
Tough, hard wood 124
Smell or taste of plant 126
Appearance of plant 131
Colouration 131
Other descriptions 134
The ‘elephant’s ear’: Metaphors from the natural world 136
Genitalia 138
Shape, size, texture 141
Characteristic habitat 144
Rocks, cliffs and hillsides 144
Wetlands habitat 145
Phrasal habitat names 147
Flora and fauna relationships 148
Birds 154
7 Names referring to medicinal usage 157
Introduction 157
Problems in description and categorisation 159
Two sub-categories 160
Names referring to the disease or body part to be treated 160
Hysteria and madness 163
Biting creatures and pests 165
Intended effect of treatment 169
Impotence and infertility 169
Cooling medicines 173
Treating dysentery and stomach disorders 174
Miscellaneous medicinal aims 176
Names of medicines 176
8 Names referring to the use of plants as charms 179
Introduction 179
‘Magic’ 180
Protective charms 184
Protection against evil 184
Use in witchcraft 194
Protection against the weather 200
Love charms 204
Love charm emetics 214
Plants used as charms for positive and practical purposes 215
Use of plants in rites and rituals 219
9 Names referring to the practical use of plants 221
The practical use of plants 221
Names referring to practical uses 223
Uses of wood 223
Firewood 224
Construction 226
Implements, utensils, craftwork 226
Enclosures 230
Trees providing food and drink 230
Fruit 230
Other foods 231
Practical household uses 232
Dyes and tanning 232
Fibres 233
Cosmetics and personal hygiene 234
Poisons, insecticides and glues 237
Fishing 237
Miscellaneous 238
10 The power in names 240
The use of names in chants, incantations and spells 241
The power of plant names as mnemonics 244
11 Conclusion 250
All naming takes part within a naming system 250
The names 251
The named 251
The namers 252
The context 253
Challenges for the future 254
Survey of vernacular names in the natural sciences 256
Conformity in the provision of vernacular names 258
Conformity in Zulu bird names: An experiment 263
Where to next with Zulu plant names? 266
The aims of this book 268
Bibliography 270
Glossary 275
List of synonyms 281
General index 285
Plant name index 291
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