Kaffir Fink Definition

noun
Synonym of sakabula.
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Origin of Kaffir Fink

  • Following a common pattern of naming South African flora and fauna kaffir (originally a neutral term for Bantu, now offensive) followed by an analagous European plant or animal. The compounding may have happened in English or Afrikaans; the components derive from Dutch KAFFIR FINK kaffer and vink .

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