‖Amabhulu, plural noun

/amaˈbʊːlʊ/
Forms:
amaBhulu, AmabulaShow more Also amaBhulu, Amabula, Amabulu, Amahulu, Maboela, and with small initial.
Origin:
IsiXhosa, AfrikaansShow more IsiXhosa amaBhulu ‘Boers’ (singular iBhulu), adaptation of Afrikaans Boer Afrikaner.
Among isiXhosa-speakers, a derogatory name for:
1. Afrikaner people. Cf. Amabhunu sense 1, Boer sense 4 a, Maburu.
1852 [see Amangesi].
1967 E.M. Slatter My Leaves Are Green 179Dingane killed some of the Maboela (the Boers) at his kraal.
1976 M. Tholo in C. Hermer Diary of Maria Tholo (1980) 76They had said, ‘You are Amabhulu (Boers) and you will go to other Amabhulu and sit around and say “Hulle is mal.” (They are mad.)’
1980 Staffrider Vol.3 No.1, 46The Boers don’t feel a thing about us but we are all children like their children. Our parents here at Crossroads are being chased by the amaBhulu.
2. White people. Cf. Amabhunu sense 2, Boer sense 5.
1983 Frontline June 29Whitey, ‘abelungu’ in terms of the dictionary, is more often ‘amabulu’ — initially ‘boers’ but now meaning any white man.
Afrikaner people.
White people.
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19671983
amaas, nounn.2Amabhunu, plural nounpl. n.
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