mooi nooitje, noun phrase
- Forms:
- Show more Also mooinooientjie, mooi nooije, mooi noointje.
- Origin:
- South African Dutch, AfrikaansShow more South African Dutch (later Afrikaans), mooi pretty + nooitje, nooitjie little mistress, young girl.
?obsolescent
Especially in the Western Cape: the strepie, Sarpa salpa.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 324Mooi nooije,..The Struis Bay and Hermanuspetrusfontein name for Box salpa. See Bamboo-fish.
1958 L.G. Green S. Afr. Beachcomber 111[Pappe] defended the bamboo fish, or mooi nooientjie (pretty girl) also known as the stinkfish, explaining that [its] diet of seaweed gave out a peculiar smell when the fish was cleaned.
Especially in the Western Cape: the strepie, Sarpa salpa.