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Wiktionary
n. A greeting gesture in which the thumb and little finger are extended while curling the three middle fingers in a semi-fist. Used to express a variety of positive meanings including "all right", "hello" and "goodbye".
Wikipedia
Shaka kaSenzangakhona (circa 1787 – 22 September 1828), also known as Shaka Zulu , was one of the most influential monarchs of the Zulu Kingdom.
He was born near present-day Melmoth, KwaZulu-Natal Province. According to tradition, Shaka was conceived during an act of what began as ukuhlobonga, a form of sexual foreplay without penetration allowed to unmarried couples, also known as "the fun of the roads" (ama hlay endlela), during which the lovers were "carried away".
Due to persecution as a result of his illegitimacy, Shaka spent his childhood in his mother's settlements. He is recorded as having been initiated there and inducted into an ibutho lempi (fighting unit). In his early days, Shaka served as a warrior under the sway of Dingiswayo.
Shaka went on to further refine the ibutho system used by Dingiswayo and others and, with Mthethwa's support over the next several years, forged alliances with his smaller neighbours, to counter the growing threat from Ndwandwe raids from the north. The initial Zulu maneuvers were primarily defensive in nature, as Shaka preferred to intervene or apply pressure diplomatically, aided by occasional judicious assassinations. His changes to local society built on existing structures. Although he preferred social and propagandistic political methods, he also engaged in a number of battles, as the Zulu sources make clear. He was assassinated by his half brothers Dingane and Mhlangana.
Shaka (c. 1787 – c. 1828) was the leader of the Zulu Kingdom in the early 19th century.
Shaka may also refer to: __NOTOC__
- Saka (Sanskrit: Shaka), a Scythian tribe or group of tribes of Iranian origin
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Saka calendar, the official civil calendar in use in India
- Shaka era, a period in the Indian national calendar
- Shaka, a South African automobile brand of Advanced Automotive Design
- King Shaka International Airport, the primary airport serving Durban, South Africa
- Shaka Mobile, an American wireless and mobile financial services provider
- Shaka sign, a Hawaiian hand gesture
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Shakya (Japanese: Shaka), an ancient tribe of the Indian Subcontinent
- Shakamuni or Gautama Buddha, the historical Buddha
Usage examples of "shaka".
Frigate Shaka will collect her from Empress Wu within six hours your time.
It was imperative that Shaka get to wherever the Empress Wu had gone before Wu jumped again, because then they would lose the direction and have only the energy dump to measure, and they would never find Wu again with only one of those parameters.
Empress Wu disappeared behind the dead planet as Shaka approached, but before she vanished a shuttle launch was detected.
The Shaka carried three small drop craft moored in a narrow docking bay that was slung beneath the habspace.
Perhaps they were too hard to see amid all the breakage of the Shaka as it fell into the thin atmosphere and crashed, burning, in a thousand-klom-long swath across the surface.
They waved to the researchers at the fuel dock, nodded to the haglets at the charter booths, shakaed the divemasters and the captains, and schlepped science stuff down the dock to start their day.