Isibongo · isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
Tshili
- PeopleamaNdebele (Matabeleland)
- Grouping Ndubazi / abeNhla
- Surnames recorded Tshili
- Places recorded Matabeleland
- Branch Matabeleland
Also Spelled
Tshili is also written Tjhili.
Spellings differ between families, between records and between countries. Wozekhaya keeps the name as each source wrote it rather than settling on one form.
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About This Record
What Was Written Down
Named in Nyathi's Ndubazi list. Not to be confused with Tshili as an Ndebele-ised form of the Shona Shiri, which Ndlovu-Gatsheni records separately. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.
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Where This Comes From
- Written down by
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- Pathisa Nyathi, Names and naming: Mabhena history captured in names (Sunday News column), 2020-02-23, Zimpapers (Sunday News / heraldonline.co.zw) — https://www.heraldonline.co.zw/names-and-naming-mabhena-history-captured-in-names/
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