WOW24 Words from Afrikaans

WOW24 Scrabble words whose most recent Wiktionary etymology is Afrikaans, according to kaikki.org data.

54 entries

WORDDEFINITION
BAAS[n. -ES] · master; boss
KUDU[n. -S] · a large antelope / [x] { koodoo § koodoos kudu kudus }
OUTA[p.] · an informal contraction of "out of," used in representing colloquial speech / [x] { outa }
TREK[v. TREKKED, TREKKING, TREKS] · to make a slow or arduous journey
VELD[n. -S] · veldt «a grassland of southern Africa~» / [x] { veld veldt § velds veldts }
VLEI[n. -S] · a hollow in South Africa~ in which water collects
VOLK[n. -S] · the Afrikaner~ people / [x] { folk folx volk § folks § folk volk }
DAGGA[n. -S] · marijuana
DONGA[n. -S] · a gully in a veldt
ELAND[n. -S] · a large antelope
RATEL[n. -S] · a carnivorous mammal
SPOOR[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to track
DASSIE[n. -S] · a hyrax
DUIKER[n. -S] · a small antelope / [x] { duiker duyker § duikers duykers }
DUYKER[n. -S] · duiker «a small antelope» / [x] { duiker duyker § duikers duykers }
FYNBOS[n. FYNBOS] · a type of biome in South Africa~
KAROSS[n. -ES] · an African~ garment
KOODOO[n. -DOOS] · kudu / [x] { koodoo § koodoos kudu kudus }
MEALIE[n. -S] · an ear of corn
REEBOK[n. -S] · rhebok «a large antelope» / [x] { reebok rhebok § reeboks rheboks }
RHEBOK[n. -S] · a large antelope / [x] { reebok rhebok § reeboks rheboks }
ASSAGAI[v. -GAIED, -GAIING, -GAIS] · to pierce with a light spear / [x] { assagai assegai § assagais assegais § assagai assagaied assagaiing assagais assegai assegaied assegaiing assegais }
ASSEGAI[v. -GAIED, -GAIING, -GAIS] · to assagai «to pierce with a light spear» / [x] { assagai assegai § assagais assegais § assagai assagaied assagaiing assagais assegai assegaied assegaiing assegais }
BAASKAP[n. -S] · the policy of domination by white people in South Africa~ / [x] { baaskaap baaskap baasskap § baaskaaps baaskaps baasskaps }
BILTONG[n. -S] · dried and cured meat
BLESBOK[n. -S] · a large antelope / [x] { blesbok blesbuck § blesboks blesbucks }
BONTBOK[n. -S] · bontebok «an antelope» / [x] { bontbok bontebok § bontboks bonteboks }
GEMSBOK[n. -S] · a large antelope / [x] { gemsbuck § gemsbok gemsboks gemsbucks }
MEERKAT[n. -S] · an African~ mongoose
REITBOK[n. -S] · the reedbuck / [x] { reitbok § reedbuck reedbucks reitboks }
SJAMBOK[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to strike with a whip used in South Africa~
AARDVARK[n. -S] · an African~ mammal
AASVOGEL[n. -S] · a vulture
BAASKAAP[n. -S] · the policy of domination by white people in South Africa~ / [x] { baaskaap baaskap baasskap § baaskaaps baaskaps baasskaps }
BAASSKAP[n. -S] · baaskap «the policy of domination by white people in South Africa~» / [x] { baaskaap baaskap baasskap § baaskaaps baaskaps baasskaps }
BLESBUCK[n. -S] · blesbok «a large antelope» / [x] { blesbok blesbuck § blesboks blesbucks }
BONTEBOK[n. -S] · an antelope / [x] { bontbok bontebok § bontboks bonteboks }
COMMANDO[n. -DOES or -DOS] · a military unit
GEMSBUCK[n. -S] · gemsbok «a large antelope» / [x] { gemsbuck § gemsbok gemsboks gemsbucks }
KABELJOU[n. -S] · a large food fish
RINGHALS[n. -ES] · a venomous snake / [x] { ringhals rinkhals § ringhalses rinkhalses }
RINKHALS[n. -ES] · ringhals «a venomous snake» / [x] { ringhals rinkhals § ringhalses rinkhalses }
STEENBOK[n. -S] · an African~ antelope / [x] { steenbuck § steenbok steenboks steenbucks steinbok steinboks }
STEINBOK[n. -S] · steenbok «an African~ antelope» / [x] { steenbuck § steenbok steenboks steenbucks steinbok steinboks }
APARTHEID[n. -S] · (in South Africa~) the official government policy of racial segregation; officially renounced in 1992
HAMMERKOP[n. -S] · © a bird of the Heron family; the umber
SPRINGBOK† [n. -S] · south African~ antelope
STEENBUCK[n. -S] alternative form of steenbok «an African antelope» / [x] { steenbuck § steenbok steenboks steenbucks steinbok steinboks }
UITLANDER[n. -S] · (sometimes capital) (South Africa~) a foreigner; alien
WATERBUCK[n. -S] · any of various antelopes of the genus Kobus~, esp~ K. ellipsiprymnus~, of swampy areas of Africa~, having long curved ridged horns
COMMANDEER[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to seize for public or military use
HARTEBEEST[n. -S] · either of two large African~ antelopes, Alcelaphus~ buselaphus~ or A. lichtensteini~, having an elongated muzzle, lyre-shaped~ horns, and a fawn-coloured~ coat
WILDEBEEST[n. -S] · © the gnu
KLIPSPRINGER[n. -S] a small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa~ having a dense