Kaffa

African: a dialect of Gonga , allied to Woratta and Yangaro . Kafir , Kaffir . Arabic word for “pagan” or “infidel” from the Moslem point of view. We have “Káfir,” singular; “Kuffar,” plural. (1) Asiatic: Káfir of Kafristan. A dialect spoken by the Shiah-poosh, allied to Sanskrit ; it is the vernacular speech of Hindu-Kush. Tribes of Kafristan are Ashkin, Ashpin, Kamoz, Pashai. (2) Kâfirí, the Caffres of S. Africa, the most widely extended family of speech found there. See Bleek’s “Comparative Grammar,” 2 vols., London, 1869; Boyce’s Grammar by Davis, London, 1863. ☞ Kagan or Kayan . Borneo: sub-dialect of Dayak . See Crawfurd: “Di ertation,” p. 205. Kagataic , see Jagataic .