Pejoratives

On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Rik Roots wrote:

> > "Kaffir" is from the Dutch for "insect" or "bug".
> >
> Surely the insult is in the context. "Kaffir" is the SA equivalent of
> "nigger", and both serve the same purpose in their respective culture
>
> I think that "boer" was used by English speaking South Africans in
> pretty much the same way as "kaffir" was used by Afrikaans speaking

The Praxians use /jum@kun/ as a pejorative for foreigners.  It refers to
the unique pronoun construction used when a foreigner addresses a Praxian.