Hi all,
My name is Thijs and I am from the Netherlands.
Recently I have been promoted within the scoutinggroup of which
I am a member. I am now the leader of "De Stam".
The leader of "De Stam" is reffered to as 'oubaas'.
Everyone in my group says it is a nautical term, but after doing
some research on the internet I have come to the conclusion that
it originates from the African language. The only problem now is,
that I can't find the exact meaning of the word 'oubaas'.
Can anyone help me, it would mean a lot to me.
Thanks in advance,
Thijs Kromhout
Hi all,
My name is Thijs and I am from the Netherlands.
Recently I have been promoted within the scoutinggroup of which
I am a member. I am now the leader of "De Stam".
The leader of "De Stam" is reffered to as 'oubaas'.
Everyone in my group says it is a nautical term, but after doing
some research on the internet I have come to the conclusion that
it originates from the African language. The only problem now is,
that I can't find the exact meaning of the word 'oubaas'.
Can anyone help me, it would mean a lot to me.
Thanks in advance,
Thijs Kromhout
On Wednesday, November 6, 2002 at 4:45:17 PM UTC+2, Thijs Kromhout
wrote:
Hi all,
My name is Thijs and I am from the Netherlands.
Recently I have been promoted within the scoutinggroup of which I am a
member. I am now the leader of "De Stam".
The leader of "De Stam" is reffered to as 'oubaas'.
Everyone in my group says it is a nautical term, but after doing some
research on the internet I have come to the conclusion that it
originates from the African language. The only problem now is,
that I can't find the exact meaning of the word 'oubaas'.
Can anyone help me, it would mean a lot to me.
Thanks in advance,
Thijs Kromhout
Hi Thijs, I am Afrikaans speaking, living in South Africa. "Oubaas"
means the old boss. It is often used for the father of the baas (the manager/boss/owner) of for examaple of a farm. It is a kind of respectful/effectionate term. A term a serf would use for his lord in
the 1800. It is not easy to explain the term. It has the sound of
caring, a parchtarchal relationship. It is the one to respect. That was
how it was used in the apartheid times. I now life in a city and it
might have changed and not been used so regularly.
Hermann Wehrmeyer
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