nkuba kyeyon.

Brit.

/(ə)ŋˌkuːbə ˈtʃeɪəʊ/, U.S.

/(ə)ŋˌkubə ˈtʃeɪoʊ/, East African English

/ŋˌkuba ˈtʃe(j)o/

Inflections: Plural nkuba kyeyos, unchanged.

Origin: A borrowing from Luganda. Etymon: Luganda nkuba kyeyo.

Etymology: < Luganda nkuba kyeyo, use as noun of either (a) nkuba nkyeyo I sweep ( < nkuba I beat + nkyeyo , prefixed form of nkyeyo broom: see kyeyo n.) or (b) nkuba kyeyo someone who sweeps, sweeper ( < nkuba agent noun formed from of the verb stem -kub- to beat + kyeyo).

Ugandan English.

A Ugandan person working overseas, esp. one doing a low-paid or unskilled job. Cf. kyeyo n.

ΚΠ

1991 Uganda Confidential Dec. 6/1 One..lady in his office..added three Nkuba Kyeyos (cheap labour immigrants) on the list of the Vice President's team.

2005 M. Gee My Cleaner xi. 55 She knows that in Kampala people thought she was a failure, a returnee who came back with nothing, a nkuba kyeyo who did not manage to earn enough money to change her life.

2016 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 26 Feb. The burden..young nkuba kyeyos like ourselves have to bear is that of living in two countries at the same time... It is this ‘double life’ that leaves your average nkuba kyeyo arriving back at Entebbe after his kyeyo stint, looking gaunt, exhausted and wise beyond his years.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	nkuba kyeyo
释义	nkuba kyeyon. Brit. /(ə)ŋˌkuːbə ˈtʃeɪəʊ/, U.S. /(ə)ŋˌkubə ˈtʃeɪoʊ/, East African English /ŋˌkuba ˈtʃe(j)o/ Inflections: Plural nkuba kyeyos, unchanged. Origin: A borrowing from Luganda. Etymon: Luganda nkuba kyeyo. Etymology: < Luganda nkuba kyeyo, use as noun of either (a) nkuba nkyeyo I sweep ( < nkuba I beat + nkyeyo , prefixed form of nkyeyo broom: see kyeyo n.) or (b) nkuba kyeyo someone who sweeps, sweeper ( < nkuba agent noun formed from of the verb stem -kub- to beat + kyeyo). Ugandan English. A Ugandan person working overseas, esp. one doing a low-paid or unskilled job. Cf. kyeyo n. ΚΠ 1991 Uganda Confidential Dec. 6/1 One..lady in his office..added three Nkuba Kyeyos (cheap labour immigrants) on the list of the Vice President's team. 2005 M. Gee My Cleaner xi. 55 She knows that in Kampala people thought she was a failure, a returnee who came back with nothing, a nkuba kyeyo who did not manage to earn enough money to change her life. 2016 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 26 Feb. The burden..young nkuba kyeyos like ourselves have to bear is that of living in two countries at the same time... It is this ‘double life’ that leaves your average nkuba kyeyo arriving back at Entebbe after his kyeyo stint, looking gaunt, exhausted and wise beyond his years. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1991
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