majitan.

Brit.

/məˈdʒiːtə/, U.S.

/məˈdʒidə/, South African English

/məˈdʒiːtə/

Inflections: Plural majitas, unchanged.

Forms: 1900s– majieta, 1900s– majita, 1900s– matjieta, 1900s– matjita, 1900s– mayita, 1900s– mjieta, 1900s– mjita.

Origin: A borrowing from Isicamtho. Etymon: Isicamtho majita.

Etymology: < Isicamtho majita, apparently altered form of majika < magic adj. in the name of the film The Magic Garden (1951) which depicts, among other things, the life of a black South African petty thief.

South African slang.

In urban (esp. township) speech: ‘chap’, ‘guy’; spec. a black youth or a black adult male. Also as a form of address.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > man > [noun] > as a form of address

lordOE

wye1340

gentleman1534

old fellow1567

gaff1573

godhood1586

gaffer1590

dad1605

daddy1681

hearty1735

cock-of-wax1790

governor1819

bub1839

smarty1847

doc1870

guy1876

Sunny Jim1903

big guy1910

chief1927

daddy-o1944

pops1944

tosh1954

Sonny Jim1960

ese1961

majita1963

G1990

mi'jito1990

1956 Drum (Johannesburg) Apr. 6 Take this spice-and-pepper language known as the Lingo or ‘Die witty van die reely-reely majietas’ (The language of the real McCoy bright-boys).]

1963 L. F. Freed Crime in S. Afr. 126 If he becomes a criminal tsotsi, he is known as a ‘majita’ or a ‘majika’.

1979 M. Matshoba Call me not Man 50 I looked at my comrades and said, ‘There we go, majita. Let the hammers pound while the sickles swish.’

1984 C. Mathiane in Staffrider 6 30 The following day was Friday which meant, like most majitas, he had to end the week well by downing a bottle or two with the guys at the joint.

1990 M. Melamu in Lynx 305 My father and his friend came to a dead stop. The tsotsis looked them over, and the one who appeared to be the leader of the group turned to his companions and said, in the racy jargon of the breed of animal: ‘Majita, it seems we are in for an easy pay-day, of hoe sêek?’

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	majita
释义	majitan. Brit. /məˈdʒiːtə/, U.S. /məˈdʒidə/, South African English /məˈdʒiːtə/ Inflections: Plural majitas, unchanged. Forms: 1900s– majieta, 1900s– majita, 1900s– matjieta, 1900s– matjita, 1900s– mayita, 1900s– mjieta, 1900s– mjita. Origin: A borrowing from Isicamtho. Etymon: Isicamtho majita. Etymology: < Isicamtho majita, apparently altered form of majika < magic adj. in the name of the film The Magic Garden (1951) which depicts, among other things, the life of a black South African petty thief. South African slang. In urban (esp. township) speech: ‘chap’, ‘guy’; spec. a black youth or a black adult male. Also as a form of address. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [noun] > as a form of address lordOE wye1340 gentleman1534 old fellow1567 gaff1573 godhood1586 gaffer1590 dad1605 daddy1681 hearty1735 cock-of-wax1790 governor1819 bub1839 smarty1847 doc1870 guy1876 Sunny Jim1903 big guy1910 chief1927 daddy-o1944 pops1944 tosh1954 Sonny Jim1960 ese1961 majita1963 G1990 mi'jito1990 1956 Drum (Johannesburg) Apr. 6 Take this spice-and-pepper language known as the Lingo or ‘Die witty van die reely-reely majietas’ (The language of the real McCoy bright-boys).] 1963 L. F. Freed Crime in S. Afr. 126 If he becomes a criminal tsotsi, he is known as a ‘majita’ or a ‘majika’. 1979 M. Matshoba Call me not Man 50 I looked at my comrades and said, ‘There we go, majita. Let the hammers pound while the sickles swish.’ 1984 C. Mathiane in Staffrider 6 30 The following day was Friday which meant, like most majitas, he had to end the week well by downing a bottle or two with the guys at the joint. 1990 M. Melamu in Lynx 305 My father and his friend came to a dead stop. The tsotsis looked them over, and the one who appeared to be the leader of the group turned to his companions and said, in the racy jargon of the breed of animal: ‘Majita, it seems we are in for an easy pay-day, of hoe sêek?’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1963
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