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Ngwenyama (also ''Ingwenyama'') is the title of the male ruler (King) of Swaziland. The Ngwenyama is the counterpart of the Ndlovukati.〔Kuper, Hilda (1980 ()). ''An African Aristocracy. Rank Among the Swazi'' (reprint ). Africana Publishing Company for the International African Institute.〕 All Swazi kings must belong to the Dlamini ''clan''. ''Ingwenyama'' means "lion" in siSwati, but in an honorific sense, distinguished from ''libhubesi'', the usual way of referring to actual lions. The title will sometimes be seen as ''Ingwenyama'', ''iNgwenyama'' or ''ingwenyama'', which means "the king". The prefix particle ''i-'' functions like the definite article ''the'' in English, so that one would write "The ''Ngwenyama'' went to Mbabane" or "''Ingwenyama'' went to Mbabane", but not "The ''iNgwenyama'' went to Mbabane", because ''The'' and ''i-'' would be redundant. The plural form is ''tiNgwenyama''. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ngwenyama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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