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語源

The most likely earliest derivation is from the Wolof word for Europe, "Tougal". In the same way that Wolof means the people of Jollof, Toubab means the people of Tougal.

発音

• IPA: /tu.bab/

名詞

toubab (plural toubabs)

1. (West Africa, Central Africa) A white person.
   • 2018, David Diop, chapter 10, in Anna Moschovakis, transl., At Night All Blood Is Black, London: Pushkin:

     Jean-Baptiste was my only real white friend in the trench. He was the only Toubab who came to console me after the death of Mademba Diop.

使用する際の注意点

• Used especially in the Gambia and Senegal.

同意語

• See Thesaurus:white person