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Unknown. Zulu for 'fool'. Possibly an imitative rendition of the call of the Cape Turtle Dove. A slang term used by hunters for this particularly silly pigeon. * Cape Turtle Dove: (file)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A fool; a buffoon. Full definition →
Unknown. Zulu for 'fool'. Possibly an imitative rendition of the call of the Cape Turtle Dove. A slang term used by hunters for this particularly silly pigeon. * Cape Turtle Dove: (file)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.