mafuta, noun and & adjective
- Origin:
- Adaptation of amafutha fat, oil, a word common to several Nguni languages; see also ma- prefix3.
A. noun Often with initial capital.
1. A fat person; now often a term of address.
1899 G.H. Russell Under Sjambok 31I have been there, I know the mafuta (fat man) of the canteen, I have eaten in his yard.
1970 M.J. Matulovich Informant, KwaZulu-NatalHello Mafuta!
2. In the plural : Fats of various creatures.
- Note:
- Part of the stock-in-trade of a herbalist.
1971 Post 24 Oct. 33 (advt)African Herbal College for 20 years has taught the people how to use African Mutis and Mafutas.
B. adjective Fat, obese.
1943 F.H. Rose Kruger’s Wagon 48‘There is a woman at that place where we are going,’ Falooti had said. ‘She is “mafoota” (fat), of the same race as my master’.
A fat person; now often a term of address.
In the plural :Fats of various creatures.
Fat, obese.
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