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kya|ˈkaɪə|
Also kaia, kia.
[ad. Zulu -khaya place of abode.]
In South Africa and Rhodesia, an African's hut; also, quarters of an African servant.
1909K. Fairbridge Veld Verse 85 Where the high-veld breaks to valley..Stands a kaia looking Northward through the mountains to the plain. 1910J. Buchan Prester John xvi. 257 Inanda's Kraal was a cluster of kyas and rondavels. 1911East London (Cape Province) Dispatch 24 Nov. (Pettman), A native living in a kraal at Lydenberg quarrelled with another native, whom he accused of having fired his kya. 1935L. G. Green Great Afr. Mysteries (1937) xvi. 192 Each house has a separate kya in the back garden for the servant. 1950Cape Argus 4 Mar. 9/5 Fowl-pens, temporary tin Native kias and big heaps of rubble. 1956N. Gordimer Six Feet of Country iii. 38 These two white-washed servants' rooms (some white people called them kyas,..wanting to keep in their minds the now vanished mud huts which the word indicated). 1971Guardian 29 Sept. 19/3 The houseboys' Kias (usually one small room) at the bottom of the garden. |