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English
Etymology
Following a common pattern of naming South African flora and fauna kaffir (originally a neutral term for Bantu, now offensive) followed by an analagous European plant or animal. The compounding may have happened in English or Afrikaans; the components derive from Dutch kaffer and vink.
Noun
kaffir fink (plural kaffir finks)
- (South Africa, archaic, now offensive) Synonym of sakabula