| 单词 | kitchen kaffir |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskitchen Kaffir kitchen Kaffir n. now offensive and rare a pidgin language based on the Nguni languages with elements of English and Afrikaans, used in southern Africa as a lingua franca; cf. Fanagalo n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > pidgins and creoles > [noun] > Xhosa-based kitchen Kaffir1862 Fanagalo1947 1862 G. H. Mason Zululand iv. 38 In adopting [the official dialect]..no doubt, the Bishop has been guided by one of the chief clerks in the native department; who was born and reared amongst the Cape Colony Caffres, and, consequently, prefers it to learning Zulu proper; which, of course, is held in contempt by all officials, and sneeringly called ‘Kitchen Kaffir’. 1936 P. M. Clark Autobiogr. Old Drifter ix. 127 At this time I knew nothing of the Barotse language, but got along with some of the natives who could talk what was called Kitchen Kaffir. 1962 ‘D. Wilson’ Search for Geoffrey Goring vii. 144 He speaks a bit of English and some Kitchen Kaffir as well as Swahili. 2018 @mulengachibunda 3 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 14 Aug. 2019) So if Bobojan means Baboon in ‘Kitchen Kaffir’ or Silapalapa..What was that song Petersen Zagaze did all about? < as lemmas |
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