| 释义 |
‖ kwedini S. Afr.|kwiːˈdɪnɪ|
Also khwedini, khwidini, kweding, kweedini.
[ad. Kaffir kwenkwendini vocative form of kwenkwe boy (Pettman).]
A young African (esp. Xhosa) boy.
1912Queenstown Representative 27 Jan. 5/1 This ‘kween dine’ was walking behind the pole driving the bullocks on. 1946Spotlight (Johannesburg) 23 Aug. 6/1 A twelve-year-old kwedini asleep across some sacks. 1949Cape Argus Mag. 12 Nov. 7/5 Uneducated, ‘raw’ Native kwedinis, aged 15 and upwards. 1955J. B. Shephard Land of Tikoloshe v. 37 A Khwidini is ‘not old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy’. Ibid. viii. 59 Abakhweta..do not mix with the younger Khwedinis. 1970Daily News (Durban) 18 Dec. 13 One White trader complained that kwedings (boys) had destroyed more than 1000 white telephone cups. |