umfaann.

Brit.

/ᵿmˈfɑːn/,

/ˈʊmfɑːn/, U.S.

/əmˈfɑn/,

/ˈʊmˌfɑn/, South African English

/ʊmˈfɑːn/,

/ˈʊmfɑːn/

Forms: Also † oomfaan, umfane.

Etymology: Afrikaans, < Zulu umFana small boy.

South African.

A young African boy, esp. one employed in domestic service.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > child > boy > [noun]

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shirttail boy1840

boysie1846

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nipper1859

yob1859

fellow-my-lad?1860

laddo1870

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spalpeen1891

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sonny1939

okie1943

lightie1946

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oke1970

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > boy

house boy1793

umfaan1852

1852 C. Barter Dorp & Veld xiv. 213 The Kaffir umfane (boy) when he becomes an indola (man), shaves his head, and sews into the scalp a circular coronet of reeds.

1878 H. A. Roche On Trek in Transvaal iii. 39 Your wife..if she be so lucky as to have floors at all, will make..that provoking ‘Oomfan’ clean them for her.

1907 J. P. Fitzpatrick Jock of Bushveld 194 Jim had fought at 'Sandhlwana, and could tell of an umfaan sent out to herd some cattle within sight of the British camp to draw the troops out raiding.

1932 F. W. Fitzsimons Snakes S. Afr. xiv. 173 No! Snakes do not suck milk from cows; but Kafir umfaans and pigs do.

1964 S. Milne False Witness xv. 167 ‘You have a servant on the premises?’ ‘Yes, an umfaan. He is sixteen years old.’

1977 J. McClure Sunday Hangman ii. 13 He'd strung himself up on a thorn tree... Some umfaans made a report.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	umfaan
释义	umfaann. Brit. /ᵿmˈfɑːn/, /ˈʊmfɑːn/, U.S. /əmˈfɑn/, /ˈʊmˌfɑn/, South African English /ʊmˈfɑːn/, /ˈʊmfɑːn/ Forms: Also † oomfaan, umfane. Etymology: Afrikaans, < Zulu umFana small boy. South African. A young African boy, esp. one employed in domestic service. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > boy > [noun] knightc893 knapec1000 knaveOE knape childc1175 knave-childa1225 groom?c1225 knight-bairnc1275 pagec1300 mana1382 swainc1386 knave-bairna1400 little mana1425 man-childa1438 boy1440 little boya1475 lad1535 boykin1540 tomboya1556 urchin1556 loonc1560 kinchin-co(ve)1567 big boy1572 dandiprat1582 pricket1582 boy child1584 callant1597 suck-egg1609 nacketc1618 custrel1668 hospital-boy1677 whelp1710 laddie1721 charity-boy1723 pam-child1760 chappie1822 bo1825 boyo1835 wagling1837 shirttail boy1840 boysie1846 umfaan1852 nipper1859 yob1859 fellow-my-lad?1860 laddo1870 chokra1875 shegetz1885 spalpeen1891 spadger1899 bug1900 boychick1921 sonny boy1928 sonny1939 okie1943 lightie1946 outjie1961 oke1970 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > boy house boy1793 umfaan1852 1852 C. Barter Dorp & Veld xiv. 213 The Kaffir umfane (boy) when he becomes an indola (man), shaves his head, and sews into the scalp a circular coronet of reeds. 1878 H. A. Roche On Trek in Transvaal iii. 39 Your wife..if she be so lucky as to have floors at all, will make..that provoking ‘Oomfan’ clean them for her. 1907 J. P. Fitzpatrick Jock of Bushveld 194 Jim had fought at 'Sandhlwana, and could tell of an umfaan sent out to herd some cattle within sight of the British camp to draw the troops out raiding. 1932 F. W. Fitzsimons Snakes S. Afr. xiv. 173 No! Snakes do not suck milk from cows; but Kafir umfaans and pigs do. 1964 S. Milne False Witness xv. 167 ‘You have a servant on the premises?’ ‘Yes, an umfaan. He is sixteen years old.’ 1977 J. McClure Sunday Hangman ii. 13 He'd strung himself up on a thorn tree... Some umfaans made a report. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1852
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