ZULUとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Zooloo (obsolete)

語源

Derived from Zulu uḿZulu.

発音

• IPA: /ˈzuːluː/
• 韻: -uːluː

名詞

Zulu (countable and uncountable, plural Zulu or Zulus)

1. A member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.
2. (UK, slang, dated, ethnic slur) Any black person.
3. Time along the prime meridian; UTC; Zulu time.

   Noon MST is 19:00 Zulu.

上位語

• (member of the Zulu people): human, individual
• (Zulu time): time zone

派生語

関連する語

固有名詞

Zulu

1. The language of these people, a Bantu language; isiZulu.

   Synonym: isiZulu

   • 2017 April 5, Emily Dreyfuss, “That Cool Dialect on The Expanse Mashes Up 6 Languages”, in WIRED‎, archived from the original on 25 January 2022:

     If he puts in a Zulu word, that means there are Zulu people in the Belt.

   • 2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars Technica‎:

     The resulting Belter creole is a crazy mix of English, Chinese, romance languages like French, German, Persian, Hebrew, Zulu, and a few other surprises. Farmer says he has over 1,000 Belter words in his personal dictionary, and he keeps adding more as the show’s producers and fans request them.

形容詞

Zulu (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language.
   • 2017 April 5, Emily Dreyfuss, “That Cool Dialect on The Expanse Mashes Up 6 Languages”, in WIRED‎, archived from the original on 25 January 2022:

     If he puts in a Zulu word, that means there are Zulu people in the Belt.

参考

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Zulu terms
• Appendix:Zulu Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Zulu
• ISO 639-1 code zu, ISO 639-3 code zul (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Zulu, zul ⁠

参照

• (black person): Tony Thorne (2014), “Zulu”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London;  […]: Bloomsbury