kanga

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A comb, required to be worn at all times by Sikhs, one of the five Ks. Sikhism
  2. A colourful printed cotton garment worn by women in East Africa.
  3. A prison warder. slang
    — There are some 32 different terms for prison officers, from the humorously affectionate kanga(rhyming slang:kangaroo = screw) and the variants Scooby-Doo and Dr. Who via the mildly confrontational German (as if still the enemy over 50 years after World War II!) to the outright abuse of shit-parcel.

词形变化

kangas plural kangha alternative kangas plural kangas plural

词源

词源 1
From Punjabi ਕੰਘਾ (kaṅghā).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Bantu *nkángà
Swahili kangabor.
English kanga
Borrowed from Swahili kanga, from Proto-Bantu *nkángà.
词源 3
From kangaroo, rhyming slang for screw.
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