Vaalpensn.

Brit.

/ˈvɑːlpɛns/,

/ˈfɑːlpɛns/, U.S.

/ˈvɑlˌpɛns/,

/ˈfɑlˌpɛns/, South African English

/ˈfɑːlpens/

Forms: Plural unchanged, Vaalpense(n). Also with lower-case initial in attributive use.

Etymology: Afrikaans, formed as vaaljapie n. + pens paunch, belly.

South African.

1. A name for a member of the Ba-Kalahari tribe.

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Kaffir1704

Bechuana1804

Red Kaffir1821

Motswana1830

Vaalpens1871

Batswana1894

Tswana1938

1871 J. Mackenzie Ten Years North of Orange River iii. 53 Their fellow-countrymen to the south..sometimes call them ‘Vaalpensen’, which is the Dutch for Bakalahari, the ill-favoured and lean vassals of the Bechuanas.

1900 A. H. Keane Boer States iii. 32 Here [i.e. in the Bosch Veld] is also the true home of the Vaalpens, most degraded of all the South African aborigines.

1916 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 28 Sept. 3 The Vaalpens reported that one of our oxen had been mauled... We saddled up and with three Vaalpens soon found where the lion had caught the ox.

a1936 E. N. Marais Soul of Ape (1969) iii. 92 Here in Waterberg..a case of ‘homing’ in a descendant of the so-called ‘vaalpens pygmies’ that at one time inhabited the Bushveld of the northern Transvaal.

1970 Personality Competition The ‘Vaalpens’ are very scarce in South Africa nowadays.

2. colloquial. A nickname for: (a) an Afrikaner; (b) a Transvaaler.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [noun] > countries or regions

Angolan1600

Angola1653

Malay1765

South African1806

Ngwaketsea1832

bushboya1834

Kapenaar1834

Transkeian1847

bosch-man1849

Natalian1850

burgher1879

Transvaaler1887

veldman1895

Rhodesian1897

Vaalpens1899

backvelder1911

plattelander1934

southwester1960

Zimbabwean1961

Zambian1963

Botswanian1966

Botswanan1967

Namibian1968

Ciskeian1973

Sowetan1974

1899 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 6 Dec. 3/4 A South African Dutchman writes us a somewhat bitter letter... He writes as a Dutch Afrikander, a Vaalpens in fact.

1934 Star (Johannesburg) 1 May 13/1 For the past 50 years and more Free Staters have been known among Dutch-speaking South Africans as Blikore (tin ears) and Transvaalers as Vaalpense, the latter so called after a certain native tribe of that name who lived in the Transvaal.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vaalpens
释义	Vaalpensn. Brit. /ˈvɑːlpɛns/, /ˈfɑːlpɛns/, U.S. /ˈvɑlˌpɛns/, /ˈfɑlˌpɛns/, South African English /ˈfɑːlpens/ Forms: Plural unchanged, Vaalpense(n). Also with lower-case initial in attributive use. Etymology: Afrikaans, formed as vaaljapie n. + pens paunch, belly. South African. 1. A name for a member of the Ba-Kalahari tribe. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [noun] > other peoples of Southern Africa > person Kaffir1704 Bechuana1804 Red Kaffir1821 Motswana1830 Vaalpens1871 Batswana1894 Tswana1938 1871 J. Mackenzie Ten Years North of Orange River iii. 53 Their fellow-countrymen to the south..sometimes call them ‘Vaalpensen’, which is the Dutch for Bakalahari, the ill-favoured and lean vassals of the Bechuanas. 1900 A. H. Keane Boer States iii. 32 Here [i.e. in the Bosch Veld] is also the true home of the Vaalpens, most degraded of all the South African aborigines. 1916 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 28 Sept. 3 The Vaalpens reported that one of our oxen had been mauled... We saddled up and with three Vaalpens soon found where the lion had caught the ox. a1936 E. N. Marais Soul of Ape (1969) iii. 92 Here in Waterberg..a case of ‘homing’ in a descendant of the so-called ‘vaalpens pygmies’ that at one time inhabited the Bushveld of the northern Transvaal. 1970 Personality Competition The ‘Vaalpens’ are very scarce in South Africa nowadays. 2. colloquial. A nickname for: (a) an Afrikaner; (b) a Transvaaler. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [noun] > countries or regions Angolan1600 Angola1653 Malay1765 South African1806 Ngwaketsea1832 bushboya1834 Kapenaar1834 Transkeian1847 bosch-man1849 Natalian1850 burgher1879 Transvaaler1887 veldman1895 Rhodesian1897 Vaalpens1899 backvelder1911 plattelander1934 southwester1960 Zimbabwean1961 Zambian1963 Botswanian1966 Botswanan1967 Namibian1968 Ciskeian1973 Sowetan1974 1899 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 6 Dec. 3/4 A South African Dutchman writes us a somewhat bitter letter... He writes as a Dutch Afrikander, a Vaalpens in fact. 1934 Star (Johannesburg) 1 May 13/1 For the past 50 years and more Free Staters have been known among Dutch-speaking South Africans as Blikore (tin ears) and Transvaalers as Vaalpense, the latter so called after a certain native tribe of that name who lived in the Transvaal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1871
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