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kwedinis

kwedinis is the plural of kwedini.

Meaning of kwedini

Noun

kwedini (plural kwedinis)

  1. (South Africa) A 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

Questions about kwedinis

What is kwedinis the plural of?
Kwedinis is the plural of kwedini.

Words near kwedinis in the dictionary

  1. KwaZulu-Natal
  2. kwd
  3. kwds
  4. Kwe
  5. kwedini
  6. kwedinis
  7. kwee
  8. kween
  9. kweens
  10. kweenz
  11. Kweichow

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