‖kleurling, noun
- Forms:
- Also with initial capital.
- Plurals:
- kleurlings, occasionally kleurlinge/ˈkliœ(r)ləŋə/, and (formerly) kleurlingen.
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, kleur colour + -ling, the (often pejorative) noun-forming suffix indicating ‘a person or thing belonging to or concerned with (what is denoted by the primary noun)’.
1. Often derogatory coloured noun.
1908 I.W. Wauchope Natives & their Missionaries 3The Dutch are a very logical people. In their logic a Kleurling, or coloured person, is not ‘man’ but a ‘creature’.
2. combination
Kleurling-Afrikaans, a derogatory name for Afrikaans as spoken by (Cape) ‘Coloured’ people. See also kitchen Dutch (kitchen noun sense 2 b).
1981 V.A. February Mind your Colour 95The ‘coloured’ objection to Small’s exploitation of a particular brand of Afrikaans is worthy of a closer look. It has been variously called Kaaps (i.e. the language from the Cape), even facetiously Capey language, and Kleurling-Afrikaans (Coloured-Afrikaans). It is looked upon as a mark of low social status and cultural inferiority.
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