Etymology

wadjela

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Today it means: A white person. Full definition →

Nyunga wadjela ← English whitefella
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The story

  1. English · derived fromwhitefella
  2. Nyunga · borrowed fromwadjela
  3. English todaywadjela

Borrowed from Nyunga wadjela, itself from English whitefella. Doublet of whitefella.

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