abelungu

English

Alternative forms

abeLungu
Abelungu

Etymology

From Xhosa abelungu, Zulu abelungu, plural of umlungu.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /abəˈlʊŋɡuː/

Noun

abelungu (countable and uncountable, plural abelungu)

(South Africa, now chiefly derogatory) White people collectively.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 27:
  Chief Joyi said that the African people lived in relative peace until the coming of the abelungu, the white people, who arrived from across the sea with fire-breathing weapons.

Xhosa

Noun

ábélungu class 2

plural of umlungu

Zulu

Noun

abelungu class 2

plural of umlungu

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