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The Double D · 22nd July 2006, 08:32 AM

Assegai terminology:

iNyanga yokuPisela: Assegai maker. He makes gets the blades from umTonga and makes the umkhonto.

isiPiselo: Boring tool that is heated to make the hole in the shaft for the blade tang

iNgcino: Plant who’s root is used to make the glue used to hold the blade in place

isiSanto: The bark from this plant was used to bind the shaft over the bored end of the shaft.

iNkulati: Tip of a cows tail that was slipped over the isiSanto when it is still wet ands supple and allowed to dry in place

From. A.T. Bryant, The Zulu people, as they were before the White Man came

22nd July 2006, 08:32 AM	#5
The Double D Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: On the banks of Cut Bank Creek, Montana Posts: 189	Assegai terminology: umKhonto: Assegai UmTonga: Metal Smith who made the blades isiTando: The smithy iNyanga yokuPisela: Assegai maker. He makes gets the blades from umTonga and makes the umkhonto. uTi: Wooden shaft ukuDla: Assagai blades ukuGwaza: Stabbing spears ukuCiba: Hurling or throwing spears ukuPisela: Inserting iron blade isiPiselo: Boring tool that is heated to make the hole in the shaft for the blade tang isiDunui: The widened spear head umSuku: Pointed shank or tang of blade umHlandla: Ridge or spine of blade ubuKali: Sharpened edge iLomo: The mouth of the deep vertical hole bored in the shaft for the tang. iNgcino: Plant who’s root is used to make the glue used to hold the blade in place isiSanto: The bark from this plant was used to bind the shaft over the bored end of the shaft. iNkulati: Tip of a cows tail that was slipped over the isiSanto when it is still wet ands supple and allowed to dry in place iNtana: Vine used to bind with out iNkulati From. A.T. Bryant, The Zulu people, as they were before the White Man came