Wiktionary

kafferboontjie

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

kaffer (“African”) (now offensive) +‎ boontjie (“bean”).

Noun edit

kafferboontjie (plural kafferboontjies)

  1. (now offensive) cowpea; Vigna unguiculata
    Synonym: swartbekboontje

Further reading edit

  • D. C. Hauptfleisch. 1993. "Racist language in society and in dictionaries: A pragmatic perspective". Lexikos[1]
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