Home › Words › K › kwedinikwedini/kwiːˈdɪni/kwedini means A young boy, especially a Xhosa.kwedini is pronounced /kwiːˈdɪni/.EtymologyFrom Xhosa kwedini, contracted form of nkwenkwendini, vocative form of nkwenkwe (“boy”).nounA young boy, especially a Xhosa.e.g.“A year later Jonathan – or Sipho, which Gordon said was his ‘real’ name – was back, no longer a kwedini but a man.” — 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 38:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.abakwetha 60% match — A young Xhosa man undergoing the ritual initiation into manhood. vs kwedini →boykin 59% match — A little boy. vs kwedini →umkhwetha 59% match — Among the Xhosa, a young male undergoing a group circumcision rite to mark the arrival of adulthood. vs kwedini →bushboy 58% match — A young bushman; a boy who lives or camps in the bush. vs kwedini →boyeen 57% match — A boy. vs kwedini →boychild 57% match — A male child. vs kwedini →boyo 56% match — A boy or lad. vs kwedini →youngin 56% match — A young one: a youth, a child, a kid, young person. vs kwedini →