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mapantsula, n. S. Afr.
Brit. |ˌmapantˈsuːlə|, U.S. |ˈˌmæpæntˈsulə|, S. Afr. |ˌmʌpæntˈsuːlə|, |ˌmʌpæntˈsʊlə|
Plural unchanged, -s
Forms: 19– mapansula, 19– mapantsula; See also pantsula n.
[‹ Isicamtho mapantsula > n.).
Although mapantsula is etymologically plural, it is often used as a singular in English, with the plural mapantsulas.]
1. = pantsula n. 1.
1982Staffrider 5 No. 2. 9 There were..Mapansula, Ma-Amerikane and what have you. These people are discerned from one another by their way of dressing. 1991O. Schmitz & T. Mogotlane Mapantsula 38 Those mapantsulas had style. They were influenced mainly by the American gangster movies. 1998Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 24 322 They [sc. gangs] re-emerged in the mapantsula subculture and the jackroller gangs of the 1980s and 1990s.
2. = pantsula n. 2.
1990Style Nov. 61 You see them practising for mapantsula competitions all the time. 1991O. Schmitz & T. Mogotlane Mapantsula 38 We linked the freedom songs with mapantsula music because the two are inter-related. 2002Herald (S. Afr.) (Electronic ed.) 23 May Richard Loring's African Footprint dancers perform the Mapantsula, the dance that emerged from the townships and typifies modern South African youth and culture. |