Zulu Assegai descriptions

The Double D · 21st July 2006, 05:22 PM

isiJula

Blade is 7 inches long by 1 1/8 inches wide with 5 inch shank. Overall length 62 1/2 inches

The Double D · 21st July 2006, 08:09 PM

Krige gives this definition:

iKhebezane: Assegai with long broad blade with grooves, not common in Zululand. Bryant, Zulu-English Dictionary. Colenso and Calloway say that it is a light spear which Colenso states is used by the amaPhondo.

A.T. Bryant in The Zulu People gives this additional information. "In the iKebezane assegai (confined to Swazis, Natal Natives and Mpondos) one half of the blade, back and front , but on opposite sides was grooved concavely."

Blade is 6 1/2 inches long by 1 ince wide with 2 inch shaft. Overall length 56 inches.

The haft is very light being about the diameter of a pencil for most it's length.

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

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

22nd July 2006, 08:32 AM	#3
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

21st July 2006, 05:22 PM	#1
The Double D Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: On the banks of Cut Bank Creek, Montana Posts: 189	isiJula Blade is 7 inches long by 1 1/8 inches wide with 5 inch shank. Overall length 62 1/2 inches

21st July 2006, 08:09 PM	#2
The Double D Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: On the banks of Cut Bank Creek, Montana Posts: 189	Krige gives this definition: iKhebezane: Assegai with long broad blade with grooves, not common in Zululand. Bryant, Zulu-English Dictionary. Colenso and Calloway say that it is a light spear which Colenso states is used by the amaPhondo. A.T. Bryant in The Zulu People gives this additional information. "In the iKebezane assegai (confined to Swazis, Natal Natives and Mpondos) one half of the blade, back and front , but on opposite sides was grooved concavely." Blade is 6 1/2 inches long by 1 ince wide with 2 inch shaft. Overall length 56 inches. The haft is very light being about the diameter of a pencil for most it's length.