umlungu

Borrowed from Zulu umlungu.

umlungu (plural umlungus or abelungu)

1. (South Africa, often derogatory) A white person.
   • 1992, Colin Bender, Makapan odyssey, page 166:

     No, the average Bantu always had a dilemma; live with the wild tribes and never know when some witchdoctor's tagati would strike him down; or live with the umlungus and respect his authority (and his sjambok).

   • 2013, Samuel Muggington, People of the Stones:

     The old man snorted and laughed, “Is your teacher an umlungu?”

• See Thesaurus:white person

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jʊ́ngʊ̀.

úḿlungu class 1 (plural bélungu class 2)

1. white person

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jʊ́ngʊ̀.

According to the Greater Dictionary of IsiXhosa, the term also referred to a “member of the abeLungu clan descended from whites shipwrecked on the Pondoland coast circa 1700 and absorbed by the Pondos ... ” Many White South Africans believe that it means "scum of the sea".[1]

• IPA^(key): [úḿ̩luːᵑɡṳ]

úḿlungu class 1 (plural ábélungu class 2)

1. white person

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jʊ́ngʊ̀.

• IPA^(key): /uḿ̩luːnɡu/

uḿlungu class 1 (plural abélungu class 2)

1. white person
2. (South Africa, slang) a fellow black person, especially one who is more richer or famous[1]

• isilungu
• ubulungu

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-lungu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-lungu (3.2.9.9)”