See kaffer on Wiktionary
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"Dutch terms borrowed from Yiddish",
"Dutch terms derived from Arabic",
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"word": "kafferlelie"
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"2": "kaffer"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
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},
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{
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"2": "kafri",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
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},
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}
],
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}
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"1": "nl",
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"4": "",
"5": "infidel"
},
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"name": "der"
}
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"a non-believer or an infidel from the Muslim viewpoint"
],
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[
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"(offensive) a black person, notably a (Southern African) Bantu"
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"word": "neger"
},
{
"word": "zwarte"
},
{
"tags": [
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"offensive",
"slur"
],
"word": "nikker"
}
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"offensive"
]
}
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑfər"
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}
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"word": "uitkafferen"
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
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{
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"a stupid person, a numskull"
],
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[
"derogatory",
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[
"stupid",
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[
"numskull",
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{
"word": "steenezel"
},
{
"word": "uilskuiken"
}
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"derogatory",
"masculine"
]
}
],
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑfər"
}
],
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}
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}
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"word": "kaffir"
}
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[
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]
}
],
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}
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"4": "",
"5": "infidel"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
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"form": "kafferen",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kaffere",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kafferne",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"An archaic name for an African Bantu; a member of any ethnic group that speaks a Bantu language"
],
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[
"Bantu",
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]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
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"categories": [
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],
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"Any black person"
],
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"derogatory",
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],
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"(derogatory) Any black person"
],
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"derogatory",
"masculine"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/kaf.fer/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkɑf.fəɾ]"
}
],
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{
"sense": "speaker of any Bantu language",
"word": "bantu"
},
{
"sense": "derogatory name for black person",
"word": "neger"
},
{
"sense": "derogatory name for black person",
"word": "nigger"
},
{
"sense": "derogatory name for black person",
"word": "svarting"
}
],
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}
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"1": "wym",
"2": "gmh",
"3": "gaffer"
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"name": "der"
}
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"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
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"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries",
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"Vilamovian nouns",
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]
}
],
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}
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