niggien.

Brit.

/ˈnɪɡi/,

/ˈnɪxi/, U.S.

/ˈnɪɡi/,

/ˈnɪxi/, South African English

/ˈnɪxi/

Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymon: Afrikaans niggie.

Etymology: < Afrikaans niggie < nig niece, cousin ( < Dutch nicht niece: see nift n.) + -ie, diminutive suffix.

South African.

A niece; a female cousin; (also, more generally) a young woman, esp. of Afrikaans origin. Also as a form of address.Used esp. in representations of the speech of Afrikaans or (historical) South African Dutch-speaking people.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > nephew or niece > [noun] > niece

nifteOE

brother daughterOE

niecec1325

nephewa1513

niggie1868

1868 W. R. Thompson Poems, Ess. & Sketches 154 Ou Bass..explained..that the ooms, and tantes, and neefs, and niggies, had been induced..to come.

1955 L. Marquard Story S. Afr. 66 The polite custom that still exists in South Africa of addressing..younger [men and women] as neef and niggie (cousin) dates from a time when to do so was as likely as not to be strictly accurate.

1980 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 14 Sept. 11 In the quaint manner of the old-timers they address each other as ‘neef’, ‘niggie’ or ‘suster’.

1984 Daily Disp. (East London, S. Afr.) 30 Aug. 22 The 300000 (plus) civil servants..watch unconcernedly the certain impoverishment of those non-neefies and non-niggies and the rest of the population who are not government-subsidised.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	niggie
释义	niggien. Brit. /ˈnɪɡi/, /ˈnɪxi/, U.S. /ˈnɪɡi/, /ˈnɪxi/, South African English /ˈnɪxi/ Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymon: Afrikaans niggie. Etymology: < Afrikaans niggie < nig niece, cousin ( < Dutch nicht niece: see nift n.) + -ie, diminutive suffix. South African. A niece; a female cousin; (also, more generally) a young woman, esp. of Afrikaans origin. Also as a form of address.Used esp. in representations of the speech of Afrikaans or (historical) South African Dutch-speaking people. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > nephew or niece > [noun] > niece nifteOE brother daughterOE niecec1325 nephewa1513 niggie1868 1868 W. R. Thompson Poems, Ess. & Sketches 154 Ou Bass..explained..that the ooms, and tantes, and neefs, and niggies, had been induced..to come. 1955 L. Marquard Story S. Afr. 66 The polite custom that still exists in South Africa of addressing..younger [men and women] as neef and niggie (cousin) dates from a time when to do so was as likely as not to be strictly accurate. 1980 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 14 Sept. 11 In the quaint manner of the old-timers they address each other as ‘neef’, ‘niggie’ or ‘suster’. 1984 Daily Disp. (East London, S. Afr.) 30 Aug. 22 The 300000 (plus) civil servants..watch unconcernedly the certain impoverishment of those non-neefies and non-niggies and the rest of the population who are not government-subsidised. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1868
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