umfaan

Ten pounds were paid in compensation to the dependants of an adult killed in an accident and �to those of a young umfaan* The African was cheap in death as in life and scarcely worth the cost of safety measures that might slow down production.

file:///D:/Data/HTML/BOOKS/src/sfsa04.txt Ray Esther 1969

Witbooi was a Kaffir umfaan, who had no particular liking for his young Baas.

The Boer in Peace and War Arthur M. Mann

Finally, I reached the junction of the square with the street which I was traversing, and, dismounting, turned over my horse to the care of a lad of about fourteen, directing the umfaan to lead the animal into the shadow of a certain hut which I indicated, and there carefully hold him by the bridle until I should return.

Through Veld and Forest An African Story Harry Collingwood 1886

It was not one of my own oxen; they were all right in plain view from where I stood, grazing contentedly close to the wagon in charge of the umfaan 'Ngulubi: nor was it a domesticated ox of any kind, for there was no farm anywhere within sight, and no wagon excepting my own; moreover, the sound was too deep and powerful to issue from the lungs of a domestic animal, the obvious inference therefore being that the bellowing proceeded from a wild buffalo.

Through Veld and Forest An African Story Harry Collingwood 1886