boeta, noun
- Forms:
- Also with initial capital.
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, elder brother, chum, pal; see also boet.
colloquial
‘Brother’: an informal or familiar title or term of address.
a. Used as a title: boet sense 2. Also attributive.
1965 E. Mphahlele Down Second Ave 31A man was passing. It was Boeta Lem (Brother Blade), as we boys called him.
b. Used as a term of address. See also bra sense 2 b.
1969 A. Fugard Boesman & Lena 37There was something else in the fire, something rotten. Us! Our sad stories, our smells, our world! And it burnt Boeta.
‘Brother’: an informal or familiar title or term of address.
boet sense 2. Also attributive.
Used as a term of address.
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