单词 | nkuba kyeyo |
释义 | nkuba kyeyon. 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). < |
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