‖ukumetsha, noun
/ˌʊkʊˈmeːtʃa/, /ˌʊɡʊˈmeːtʃa/
- Forms:
- Also metsha.
- Origin:
- IsiXhosaShow more IsiXhosa, vbl noun prefix uku- + verb stem metsha have such intercourse.
Among Xhosa people: a form of sexual play (especially among courting adolescents) in which the genitals are brought together (sometimes through a cloth barrier), but in which penetration does not take place.
- Note:
- A traditionally-accepted practice for unmarried couples which may also be practised by married couples as a form of contraception.
1933 I. Schapera Early Cape Hottentots 197The custom to which reference is made here is probably that known to the AmaXhosa as ukumetsha, a form of unconsummated sexual intercourse practised by unmarried boys and girls.
1989 Greater Dict. of Xhosa 731Ukumetsha, Traditionally of a boy or young unmarried man and a girl: engage in sexual play that did not involve penetration or contact of the sex organs.
a form of sexual play (especially among courting adolescents) in which the genitals are brought together (sometimes through a cloth barrier), but in which penetration does not take place.
- Derivatives:
- Hence (rare) metsha intransitive verb.1937 B.J.F. Laubscher Sex, Custom & Psychopathology 80Schizophrenic patients frequently declare they never metsha’d...The girls metsha with their lovers.1937 B.J.F. Laubscher Sex, Custom & Psychopathology 82Where she metshas with more than one man and pregnancy results, she will find it difficult to prove paternity.
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