takkie
English
editEtymology
editFrom Afrikaans tekkie (“athletic shoe”).
Pronunciation
edit- (General South African) enPR: /tăkē/
Noun
edittakkie (plural takkies)
- (South Africa, chiefly in the plural) An athletic shoe, a trainer, a sneaker.
- 1948, Tom Macdonald, Jan Hofmeyr: heir to Smuts[1], Hurst & Blackett, page 119:
- One day in comes Jannie Hofmeyr to my shop, and he's wanting a pair of takkies to play tennis you know, and William, my son, he goes and serves him.