different between bumpkin vs moegoe

English

Etymology

From Dutch boomken (“shrub, little tree”), equivalent to boom +? -kin. Note that the English word boom is etymologically related to the aforementioned in the sense of "large stem", or "big tree". Compare German Baumke, Bäumchen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?mpk?n/
• Hyphenation: bump?kin

Noun

bumpkin (plural bumpkins)

1. A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
2. (nautical) A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
3. Dance, a series of reels, Scottish.
   • 1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, Act 1.

     They mix with Dancers, who now advance to the front, where a bumpkin, or dance of many interwoven reels, is performed; after which the Bride is led to a seat, and some of her Maidens sit by her.

Derived terms

• country bumpkin
• joskin

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• mugu

Etymology

From Afrikaans moegoe and Camtho moegoe. Further etymology uncertain.

Pronunciation

• (General South African) IPA^(key): /?m?xu/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?xu?/, /?m??u?/

Noun

moegoe (plural moegoes)

1. (South Africa, derogatory) An idiot, a fool; a country bumpkin.
   • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 180:

     ‘Gordon is dead. He belongs to us. What's this mugu got to do with him?’

   • 2002, Kgafela Oa Magogodi, Mail & Guardian, 1 Nov 2002:

     Legend has it that it was the year he spent in Alex that altered the young Madiba from a rural moegoe to a township clever.

   • 2004, Herman Mills, Best Mountain Bike Rides in South Africa (page 25)

     This is my backyard and l don't necessarily want a whole bunch of moegoes banging along a mountain l've known since my barefoot boerseun days.