ouboetie, noun
/ˈəʊˌbʊti/
colloquial
1. ouboet sense 1. Cf. aubuti.
1913 A.B. Marchand Dirk, S. African (Swart)The family debt is mine ou Boetie, and if I spend my life over it I’m going to pay it off.
1988 J. Khumalo in Pace Nov. 21After conferring with Ouboetie (big brother) Thabiso, leader of the Eagles Peak pilgrims, we agreed to take them along as they said they were only hitching a ride to our next port of call.
2. Used in the third person as a deferential form of address to a man.
1963 B. Modisane Blame Me on Hist. (1986) 285‘Hau,’ Daisy said, ‘I was saying there is nobody — I come to take the tea things. Why is auboetie sitting in the dark? Was auboetie asleep?’
ouboet sense 1. Cf. aubuti.
Used in the third person as a deferential form of address to a man.
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