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• Afrikaans To English
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• No internet connection required
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• Antonyms (Opposite words)
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Common names[edit]
Afrikaans (or Cape Dutch) common names for plants and animals often entered the English vernacular:
- aardvark (literally 'earth pig'): Also known as an Anteater
- aardwolf (literally 'earth wolf')
- boomslang (literally 'tree snake'): A highly venomous bright green tree snake
- blesbok (literally 'bald buck/antelope')
- bontebok (literally 'mottled antelope')
- dassie (from Dutch, English translation Hyrax; see also dassie rat)
- duiker (literally 'diver')
- eland (from Dutch, meaning 'elk'): The largest known species of antelope
- grysbok (literally 'grey antelope')
- klipspringer (literally 'rock jumper')
- korhaan (from Dutch, meaning 'black grouse')
- leguan / leguaan (corruption of 'likkewaan')[6]
- meerkat (literally 'lake cat')
- padloper (literally 'path walker')
- platanna (from Dutch 'plathander', meaning 'flat handed creature')
- rinkhals (literally 'ring throat'): also known as the ring-necked spitting cobra
- springbok (literally 'jumping antelope'): The National Animal of South African
- white, in 'white rhinoceros', possibly from wyd meaning 'wide' (describing the animal's mouth) Modern Afrikaans also say 'Wit Renoster', meaning White Rhinoceros.
Cape Dutch[edit]
There are also several English words derived from Cape Dutch, a forerunner of Afrikaans:
- hartebeest (modern Afrikaans equivalent is hartebees)
- scoff/skoff[7] (as in scoffing food): from Cape Dutchschoff, the word did not find its way into modern Afrikaans
- veldt borrowed again by English in the modern form veld
- wildebeest (modern Afrikaans equivalent is wildebees)
Common in South African English[edit]
There are almost innumerable borrowings from Afrikaans in South African English.
See also[edit]
For a list of words relating to with Afrikaans language origins, see the Afrikaans derivations category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
References[edit]
- ^'Resistance To Colonial Expansion, The Resistance Of The San, The Commando'. New History. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^James, Wilmot G. and Mary Simons (ed.) (January 9, 2009). Class, Caste and Color: A Social and Economic History of the South African Western Cape. Transaction Publishers. pp. 13–15. ISBN1412808650.CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link)
- ^Hamer, Mary. ''Chant-Pagan': Notes'. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^McKenna, Amy (2011). The History of Southern Africa. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 12. ISBN978-1-61530-312-0.
Veld, meaning field in Afrikaans, is the name given to various types of open country in Southern Africa that is used for pasturage and farmland. To most South African farmers today the 'veld' refers to the land they work, much of which has long since ceased to be 'natural.'
- ^Meyer, Deon (2011). Trackers. Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated. p. 476. ISBN978-0-8021-9513-5.
Veld: Afrikaans for natural African bush vegetation, usually savanna grass and thorn trees, can also refer to grazing, field, or hunting ground.
- ^Greaves, Nic. The magic fish bones and other tales from Africa. p. 121.
- ^Hamer, Mary. ''The Parting of the Columns': Notes'. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
External links[edit]
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