skabenga

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gangster or thug. South-Africa,derogatory,slang
    — "I mean that it went bankrupt, and the bank took the building away," replied the guard. "I am left here to keep skebengas and the homeless out, but there is nobody inside."

词形变化

skabengas plural skebenga alternative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-
Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀-
Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-kɪ̀-
Zulu ísi-
Zulu -gebenga
Zulu -u
Zulu isígebéngubor.
English skabenga
Borrowed from Zulu isígebéngu (“bandit, criminal, gangster”).
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