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1. allemagtig, int. View full entry 1837
...An exclamation of surprise, alarm, horror, or reproach: ‘good Lord!’ Cf. magtig...
2. gompaauw | gompauw, n. View full entry 1838
...The giant or kori bustard, Ardeotis kori....
3. meisie, n. View full entry 1838
...A girl, a young woman (esp. a white Afrikaans-speaker). Also as a form of address. Cf. meid...
4. moggel, n. View full entry 1838
...Any of several freshwater cyprinid fishes of the genera Labeo and Barbus, found in southern Africa; esp. L. umbratus....
5. naras, n. View full entry 1838
...A spiny, yellow-flowered shrub, Acanthosicyos horrida (family Cucurbitaceae), of the Kalahari Desert and Namibia, distinguished by thorns which replace the leaves in the young plants. Also: the large,...
6. neef, n. View full entry 1838
...A nephew or male cousin; any younger man. Freq. as a form of address....
7. ou, adj. View full entry 1838
...Freq. prefixed (as a term of respect or endearment) to nouns or proper names, and forming compounds: ‘old’; (also) elder. Freq. in ou maat (see maat2). Cf....
8. steekgras, n. View full entry 1838
...Any of several grasses of the genus Aristida or Andropogon, having spiky awns which damage the fleeces of sheep....
9. voetsak, int. View full entry 1837
...A command to leave (addressed esp. to a dog)....
10. voorloper, n. View full entry 1837
...A native boy who walks with the foremost pair of a team of oxen in order to guide them. Also fig....
