Kwerekwere definition

(South African) A foreign visitor to a township.

noun

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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:

kwerekwere

Plural:

amakwerekwere

Origin of kwerekwere

Onomatopoeic. When the foreigners came to the townships they couldn't speak any of the local black languages. The sound of their babble sounded like kwirikwirikwiri to the locals.

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