| 释义 |
‖ kaparrang, -ring S. Afr.|kəˈpɑːrəŋ, -rɪŋ|
Also caparran, kaproen.
[ad. Jav. gamparan.]
A wooden sandal worn by the Cape Malays.
1867M. Kollisch Mussulman Population Cape Good Hope 23 Both sexes in some instances carefully ignoring the use of shoes, rather preferring clogs, called kaparrans (which is a small piece of wood with two slips joined underneath, and a wooden knob on the upper side). 1870Cape Monthly Mag. Aug. 109 A Malay beauty..clatters upon ‘caparrans’ (a species of wooden buskin). 1911State Dec. 596 (Pettman), The old coloured woman walking carefully in kaproens. 1953Cape Argus (Mag. Section) 28 Feb. 3/6 Malays, with ‘Kapparings’ on their feet,..were our fish vendors. 1972I. D. Du Plessis Cape Malays (ed. 3) iii. 33 Kaparrings (probably from the Javanese gamparan: wooden sandals with a knot to push between the big and second toes) are still in use in the Mosques. |
