kafferboontjie
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Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
kaffer (“African”) (now offensive) + boontjie (“bean”).
Noun[edit]
kafferboontjie (plural kafferboontjies)
- (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]