wadjela
wadjela noun: a white person.
Noun
wadjela (plural wadjelas)
- A white person.
- It was the wadjelas that created the ‘one drop’ rule, that defined anybody with a single bla(c)k ancestor as black. […] ‘Traditional’ is such loaded language, enshrining a belief that we are stuck in the past rather than being one of the most adaptable cultures in history, that some of us are using...2021 November 7, Claire [G.] Coleman, “Not quite blak enough: ‘The people who think I am too white to be Aboriginal are all white’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2021
Adjective
wadjela (comparative more wadjela, superlative most wadjela)
- Relating to white people.
- Finally, the colonisers were attempting genocide, they wanted us all dead. If I identified with my wadjela ancestry at the expense of my Aboriginality, the colonisers win.2021 November 7, Claire [G.] Coleman, “Not quite blak enough: ‘The people who think I am too white to be Aboriginal are all white’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2021
Forms of wadjela
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | wadjelas |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more wadjela |
| superlative | most wadjela |
Origin of wadjela
Borrowed from Nyunga wadjela, itself from English white fella.
Questions about wadjela
- What does wadjela mean?
- Wadjela means a white person.
- What part of speech is wadjela?
- Wadjela can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of wadjela?
- The plural of wadjela is wadjelas.
Words near wadjela in the dictionary
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