kwedini

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UK/kwiːˈdɪni/

noun

A young boy, especially a Xhosa.

OriginXhosa kwedini →
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Meanings

nounkwedini (plural kwedinis)

plural kwedinis

  1. South AfricaA young boy, especially a Xhosa.

    A year later Jonathan – or Sipho, which Gordon said was his ‘real’ name – was back, no longer a kwedini but a man.

    1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 38

Origin

  1. Xhosakwedini
  2. Englishkwedini

From Xhosa kwedini, contracted form of nkwenkwendini, vocative form of nkwenkwe (“boy”).

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APA

kwedini. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kwedini

MLA

“kwedini.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kwedini. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kwedini,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kwedini.

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