Surname · Xitsonga
Mathye
Also spelled Mathiye, Ndlovu, Ndlhovhu.
A xivongo of the Vatsonga, recorded in Xitsonga, which the sources also call Tsonga.
Xitsonga
- PeopleVatsonga
- Totem ndlopfu (elephant), for the Ndlovu sub-c — Malungana: the Ndlovu clan praise ends with the line that they dance the elephan
- Grouping Dzonga (Djonga) group (Junod)
- Surnames recorded Mathye, Ndlovu
- Places recorded Southern Mozambique, Gazankulu, Malungana
Part of Swivongo: Tsonga clan names
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- Henri-Alexandre Junod, The Life of a South African Tribe, Vol. I: The Social Life, Imprimerie Attinger Freres, Neuchatel — https://archive.org/details/lifeofsouthafric01junouoft
- Shidjabadjaba John Malungana, Vuphato: Praise Poetry in Xitsonga (D.Litt. et Phil. thesis), 1994 — https://ujcontent.uj.ac.za/esploro/outputs/doctoral/Vuphato---praise-poetry-in/9913242107691
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