kafferkoring

Afrikaans

Etymology

kaffer (“African”) (now offensive) +‎ koring (“grain”).

Noun

kafferkoring (uncountable)

  1. (now offensive) sorghum, Sorghum bicolor
    Synonym: sorghum

Descendants

  • → Dutch: kafferkoren

Further reading

  • D. C. Hauptfleisch. 1993. "Racist language in society and in dictionaries: A pragmatic perspective". Lexikos[1]
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