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skyf en · NOUN

Etymology

From Afrikaans skyf (“a slice; disk”), from Dutch schijf, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skībǭ. Doublet of shive and skive.

Meanings

  1. (South-Africa, slang) A cigarette.
    • Vendors walk up and down the line of cars selling warm cold-drinks and chips, single skyfs or packs of Remington Gold. 2010, Lauren Beukes, Zoo City, page 307:
    • Laduma rolls himself a skyf. It's cheap Swazi and rakes the lungs, but it's skyf nonetheless. 2004, A. K. Thembeka, Laduma, page 11:

Forms

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skyfs Number=Plur lexicographic

skyf en · VERB

Etymology

From Afrikaans skyf (“a slice; disk”), from Dutch schijf, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skībǭ. Doublet of shive and skive.

Meanings

  1. (South-Africa, slang) To smoke cigarettes.
    • Along with pop culture came drug culture, and suddenly everyone was smoking zol. Skyfing. They skyfed at the beach, in the park, down the alley, outside parties and in speeding cars. 2011, Erich Rautenbach, The Unexploded Boer:

Forms

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skyfing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
skyfed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
skyfed Tense=Past lexicographic
skyfs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic