| 单词 | tsotsi taal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈtsotsi ˌtaal ˈtsotsi ˌtaal n. = Isicamtho n.Isicamtho and flaaitaal are now the preferred terms for this hybrid language.Originally used by gangs as a secret language but now widely incorporated into colloquial speech, especially by young people. [ < Afrikaans tsotsi-taal (1960 or earlier) < Sotho tsotsi (see tsotsi n.) + Afrikaans taal language (see taal n.).] ΚΠ 1966 A. Maimane in Transition No. 27. 9 They also spoke the same jargon—a mixture of English, Afrikaans, Yiddish and the vernaculars... To the outsider they were all tsotsis, wore tsotsi clothes and spoke the tsotsi taal. 1976 Rand Daily Mail 21 Apr. 5 Ordinary young men and women..delight in chatting in any Black language or a Black language mixed with ‘street’ Afrikaans, commonly known as ‘Tsotsi taal’. 1980 D. B. Coplan Urbanization Afr. Performing Arts 442 Tsotsitaal..The Afrikaans-based urban African proletarian dialect, spoken by all urban African proletarians up until the 1960's, but especially by young juvenile delinquents, some of whom spoke no other language. 1994 C. Glaser in Societies of Southern Afr.19th & 20th Cent. 20 136 The kalkoen tsotsitaal was Zulu-based and evolved into scamtho, the dominant street language in Soweto today. The term of derision was eventually adopted positively by the youths of Soweto origin themselves. 2013 Times (Nexis) 10 Aug. (Saturday Review) 24 From the energetic bump of the kwaito soundtrack to the punchy dialogue in tsotsi-taal (gangster slang), Hood puts authenticity and honesty foremost in this tale of a Jo'burg thug who finds a conscience. < as lemmas |
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