Abelungu
//abəˈlʊŋɡuː// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 White people collectively. South-Africa, countable, derogatory, uncountable
"Chief Joyi said that the African people lived in relative peace until the coming of the abelungu, the white people, who arrived from across the sea with fire-breathing weapons."
Example
More examples"Chief Joyi said that the African people lived in relative peace until the coming of the abelungu, the white people, who arrived from across the sea with fire-breathing weapons."
Etymology
From Xhosa abelungu, Zulu abelungu, plural of umlungu.
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