English
entjie
Entjie comes from Afrikaans entjie ‘diminutive of ent’.
- Afrikaansmodernentjie‘diminutive of ent’
- Englishearliest quotation 2005same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Afrikaansmodernentjie‘diminutive of ent’
- Englishearliest quotation 2005same form
Earliest quotation: 2005, Al Lovejoy: “I begged him for an entjie and at first…”
Every English word from Afrikaans entjie
Today it means
noun A cigarette.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Afrikaans entjie / entjie