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umfaans

umfaans is the plural of umfaan.

Meaning of umfaan

Noun

umfaan (plural umfaans)

  1. (South Africa, historical) A young boy hired to look after cattle or to perform errands, etc.

Questions about umfaans

What is umfaans the plural of?
Umfaans is the plural of umfaan.

Words near umfaans in the dictionary

  1. umes
  2. umeshu
  3. umespirone
  4. Umeå
  5. umfaan
  6. umfaans
  7. Umfleet
  8. Umfleets
  9. Umfolosi
  10. Umfreville
  11. Umfrevilles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: umfaans (page history and authors); umfaan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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