kafferboontjie
Appearance
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]