kwedini
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Xhosa kwedini, contracted form of nkwenkwendini, vocative form of nkwenkwe (“boy”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kwedini (plural kwedinis)
- (South Africa) A young boy, especially a Xhosa.
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 38:
- A year later Jonathan – or Sipho, which Gordon said was his ‘real’ name – was back, no longer a kwedini but a man.
Usage notes[edit]
- Derogatory when used to refer to a man who has been circumcised.