bundu, noun
/ˈbʊndu/
- Origin:
- ShonaShow more Etymology unknown; perhaps Shona bundo grasslands.
- Note:
- The -oe- spelling form is used by those who perceive the derivation to be Afrikaans. Despite the similarity between ‘bundu’ and U.S. English ‘boondocks’ (from Tagalog bundok), it is unlikely that there is any relationship between the two words.
‘The back of beyond’: any area remote from cities and civilization; gopse sense 1 b; gramadoelas; cf. backveld noun sense a. Also attributive, and combination (nonce) bunduland. See also bush noun1 sense 3.
- Note:
- The plural form ‘bundus’ is found mainly in the English of speakers of Sintu (Bantu) languages.
α.
1994 F.G. Butler in Financial Mail 16 Sept. (Suppl.) 30Oxford and Cambridge were founded and still flourish in the British bundu.
β.
1990 F. Khumalo in Weekly Mail 4 May 11The Kosi Bay Nature Reserve, a haven for those who are tired of cities and hanker after the tranquility of the bundus.
‘The back of beyond’: any area remote from cities and civilization; gopse sense 1 b; gramadoelas; cf. backveld noun sense a. Also attributive, and combination (nonce) bunduland.
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