Meaning of 'inscription' in Xhosa is: umbhalo

inscription: umbhalo

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umbhalo, elishicilelwe, ileta, ilitye lesikhumbuzo, ukuzahlulela, ukuzinikela, ubhaliso, umfanekiso oqingqiweyo, nokukrola, ushicilelo, isitampu.

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Noun(1) letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved(2) a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph(3) the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving(4) letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something(5) a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something(6) the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words(7) message

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(1) the inscription of memorable utterances on durable materials(2) There's a barely controlled abandon, and more than a hint of anxiety that once the act of inscription has begun, it can't be undone.(3) the inscription on her headstone(4) Thus the process of inscription becomes a self-reflexive activity.(5) Identification was by inscription , heraldry and, later, a rebus.(6) I set my cup aside for personal inscription the next time he comes through town, and that got me to thinking.(7) It is exactly about the stipulation that warrants inscription of the numbers and letters in black against a white backdrop.(8) Further, he points out, long messages are handled more efficiently by inscription .(9) The stone surfaces of the memorial are the ground for its other key gesture: the clever use of inscription .(10) These techniques can be distinguished from those in which the body itself is an immediate object of elaboration and inscription .(11) His research interests include gender studies and the body as a site for cultural inscription .(12) Here the spoken material of language becomes the working object of scientific inscription .(13) Something has been knifed inside me, and I do not want to lose the external sign of that inscription .(14) The lowest tier is decorated with royal heraldry and with open books, presumably once with painted inscriptions .(15) Below it, all over the superbly manicured gardens on the slopes, are memorials and stirring inscriptions .(16) They control everything from the type and size of vases to the inscriptions on the headstones.