moppie, noun

/ˈmɔpi/
Origin:
Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, from Dutch mopje ditty.
Music
A street-song of the Cape Coloured and Cape Malay people. Also attributive. See also klopse sense 2.
1949 Cape Times 10 Jan. 2He hoped that the Cape ‘moppies’ or comic songs and the liedjies would become a regular feature of future carnivals.
1953 Du Plessis & Lückhoff Malay Quarter 48Moppies are little songs (often of doubtful content) sung in order to challenge, deride or irritate the listener, or merely as foolery. When singing a moppie, the singer often includes a person’s name, and if the person referred to cannot respond in similar vein, he is laughed at by all present.
1966 Cape Argus 8 Mar. 12Musical programmes would also be able to relay more of the typical ‘moppies’ which are heard far too seldom these days — and then only at New Year.
1981 S. Afr. Panorama July 37The true moppie is a comic song, and frequently a skemliedjie (skit) with a continuous theme, a lively refrain and a strong rhythm. New songs originate every year.
1984 D. Pinnock Brotherhoods 102An identifiable musical preference was until recently the traditional moppies and liedjies of the Coon Carnival.
1988 South 21 July 6Basil’s at the Nico putting the Swan Lake Ballet to moppie music.
1989 [see ghommaliedjie].
A street-song of the Cape Coloured and Cape Malay people. Also attributive.
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mopani, mopane, nounn.morabaraba, nounn.
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