Etymology

kennetjie

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Today it means: A children’s (boy’s) game where a short stick is flipped into the air by a longer stick, batted and hopefully caught by ‘fielders’. Full definition →

Afrikaans kennetjie
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  1. Afrikaans · borrowed fromkennetjie
  2. Afrikaans · borrowed fromkennetjie
  3. English todaykennetjie

Borrowed from Afrikaans kennetjie (“little chin”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.