Talk:jezenga

RFV discussion
I don't think so. SemperBlotto (talk) 07:59, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
 * This is actually quite plausible: there is apparently a Swahili word mzingi, and different Bantu languages have different noun-class prefixes, so it's entirely possible that some language in southern Africa has this word for some species of weaverbird. "Plausible" and "attested in English" are two entirely different things, though. There are simply no Google Books or Google Groups hits at all for this as a word with this spelling. Chuck Entz (talk) 14:00, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
 * If you study the edit summary on the left, it seems he's saying Jezenga is his own surname. I also notice that he literally can't spell his own first name (the user name and the one in the edit summary are different). Mglovesfun (talk) 17:44, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
 * He seems to be saying his name is "Tinashe Jezenga" and his user name is Tinashej, which is first name + initial. If so, the second part of your comment is totally out of line. Choor monster (talk) 15:36, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * This spelling and some wild-card variants Not found in Avibase nor OneLook.
 * I have mzingi referring specifically to Quelea quelea, the red-billed quelea which the WP article calls the most abundant bird species in the world, found in much of Africa. DCDuring TALK 11:22, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Google books for "weaver jezenga" turns up a hit on an English-Shona dictionary without preview or snippet. My guess is that it's a native word, it probably is used locally to name the bird in question, whether speaking English or Shona, but outside its use as a family name, it hasn't made it into print yet.  Books on birds often include the native names, but frequently just as a mention, not use. Choor monster (talk) 13:06, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure how much stock to put in a single hit with no preview or snippet, given that both Weaver and Jezenga are surnames that might conceivably show up in the author/editor list (among other places). Chuck Entz (talk) 13:51, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Of course we don't rely on it. Just like we don't rely on Tinashe J.  But it seems plausible enough.  So it was an open invitation for someone to look it up off-line. Choor monster (talk) 13:58, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
 * If someone were to create Appendix:Glossary of unattested Shona terms and put a few items in it, we could use to direct users there without violating WT:CFI. This approach might work more widely. DCDuring TALK  16:56, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Failed. — Ungoliant (Falai) 12:48, 12 September 2013 (UTC)