kaffir fink

English

Etymology

Following a common pattern of naming South African flora and fauna kaffir (originally a neutral term for Bantu, now offensive) followed by an analagous European plant or animal. The compounding may have happened in English or Afrikaans; the components derive from Dutch kaffer and vink.

Noun

kaffir fink (plural kaffir finks)

(South Africa, archaic, now offensive) Synonym of sakabula