umlungu

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umlungu

noun umlungus · abelungu

South Africa, derogatory, often A white person. No, the average Bantu always had a dilemma; live with the wild tribes and never know when some witchdoctor's tagati would strike him down; or live with the umlungus and respect his authority (and his sjambok).
Similar: white person

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@misc{umlungu_2026,
  title = {umlungu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/umlungu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}