English
kennetjie
Kennetjie comes from Afrikaans kennetjie ‘little chin’.
- Afrikaansmodernkennetjie‘little chin’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Afrikaansmodernkennetjie‘little chin’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006same form
Earliest quotation: 2006, Louis Mallett, The history of the people of Malay Camp: “A strong, three feet long stick (the bat or…”
Every English word from Afrikaans kennetjie
Today it means
noun A children’s (boy’s) game where a short stick is flipped into the air by a longer stick, batted and hopefully caught by ‘fielders’.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Afrikaans kennetjie / kennetjie