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单词 boetie
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boetien.

Brit. /ˈbʊti/, U.S. /ˈbʊdi/, South African English /ˈbʊti/
Forms: 1800s buttie, 1900s– boeti, 1900s– boetie, 1900s– bootie.
Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymon: Afrikaans boetie.
Etymology: < Afrikaans boetie little brother < boet boet n. + -ie, diminutive suffix.
South African colloquial.
A brother. Also used as an affectionate or familiar form of address to any man or boy. Cf. boet n.
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the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > familiar form of address
mon amic1425
matec1500
boy1532
old lad1594
old boy1602
captaina1616
mon cher1673
old chap1823
old man1828
ou maat1838
boysie1846
old top1856
boetie1867
bra1869
cocker1888
mon vieux1888
face1891
yessir1892
George1903
old sport1905
old bean1917
segotia1917
babe1918
bro1918
tovarish1918
old egg1919
midear1921
old (tin of) fruit1923
sport1923
mush1936
cowboy1961
coz1961
wack1963
yaar1963
John1982
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > [noun]
brotherOE
born brotherOE
broa1530
billy1724
buddy1834
bredda1837
bub1841
boetie1867
bruvver1867
Brer1878
bro1893
boet1920
1867 E. L. Price Jrnls. (1956) 253 'Tis the ruling principle of every action, I think—love for the ‘vrow & kinderen’—‘the man & the kinderen’—‘the buttie & Sisi’.
1903 E. Glanville Diamond Seekers 270 There's a lot of things you don't know, bootie.
1958 S. Cloete Mask 167 The child was wailing now. Mina comforted him. ‘Fear not, little brother... Fear not, my boetie.’
1986 M. Picardie in S. Gray Market Plays 94 I was the youngest, you see. My boeties and sussies were all at school.
2014 K. L. Seegers tr. D. Meyer Cobra (2015) vi. 31 ‘So, I'm very proud of you’, he said... ‘Thanks, boetie.’
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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