Surname · Xitsonga
Cawuke
Also spelled Tshauke, Chauke, Chauca, Xioki-xa-humba / Shioki-sha-humba, Hlengwe.
A xivongo of the Vatsonga, recorded in Xitsonga, which the sources also call Tsonga.
Xitsonga
- PeopleVatsonga
- Grouping Hlengwe group, Hlengwe proper (Junod); VaHlengwe cluster with Sono, Hlungwani and Mavasa (Wikipedia, uncited)
- Surnames recorded Chauke / Cawuke, Xitlhangu, Mbenzane, Mavube, Magwinyane
- Places recorded East, Baloyi, Maluleke, Save, Mozambique, Hlengwe, Inhambane, Gaza, Limpopo, Zimbabwe, Mathebula, Malamulele
The Swiphato swa swivongo
Shikobela sha Matsheme, Tshauke wa Matsheme 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
- Mandla D. Mathebula and Sekgothe Mokgoatsana, The 'polyonymous identity' of the Hlengwe people of Zimbabwe and their struggle for a 'collective proper name', 2020, HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies 76(4), a6192 — https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/6192/16812
- VIV Lifestyle Magazine (Shitshembiso Mabasa Pty Ltd), Xana a wu swi tiva? [Swivongo Edition] (and reader comments, 2019-2020), 2017, vivmag.co.za — https://www.vivmag.co.za/xana-a-wu-swi-tiva-swivongo-edition/
- Wikipedia contributors, Tsonga people, read 2026-09-05, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsonga_people
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