gans

→ Xhosa: urhanisi

→ Zulu: ihansi


raaf

From Dutch raaf, from Middle Dutch rāve, from older rāven by reanalysis, from Old Dutch ravan, from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-.


eend

From Dutch eend, from Middle Dutch ent, eent, from Old Dutch ened, from Proto-Germanic *anadz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂t-.


duif

From Dutch duif, from Middle Dutch duve, from Old Dutch dūva, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ.


voël

→ English: voël

From Dutch vogel, from Middle Dutch vōgel, from Old Dutch fogal, vogal, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz.


arend

From Dutch arend, from Middle Dutch aernt, from earlier aren, from Old Dutch *aro.


papegaai

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papegaai (plural papegaaie, diminutive papegaaitjie)

papegaaie (plural)
papegaaitjie (diminutive)

From Dutch papegaai, from Middle Dutch papegay, from Old French papegai, ultimately from Arabic ببغاء, of onomatopoeic origin.

(figuratively) a person who parrots, or repeats uncritically, the words of others


duiker

desctree

→ English: duiker, duyker
→ Irish: dícear

From Dutch duiker, from Middle Dutch dukere. Equivalent to duik + -er.


hoender

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hoender (plural hoenders, diminutive hoendertjie)

hoenders (plural)
hoendertjie (diminutive)

Formed back from the irregular plural hoenders of Dutch hoen, from Middle Dutch hoen, from Old Dutch *huon, from Proto-Germanic *hōną. Cognate to German Huhn, Luxembourgish Hong.


visarend

From Dutch visarend (“osprey”). By surface analysis, vis + arend.

Haliaeetus vocifer
Haliaeetus vocifer#Translingual

fish eagle, especially the African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer).


aasvoël

aasvoël (plural aasvoëls, diminutive aasvoëltjie)

aasvoëls (plural)
aasvoëltjie (diminutive)

→ English: aasvogel


malgas

malgas (plural malgasse, diminutive malgassie)

malgasse (plural)
malgassie (diminutive)

gannet or booby; sulid (any bird in the family Sulidae)


seevoël

From Dutch zeevogel. Equivalent to see (“sea”) + voël (“bird”).


tarentaal

Likely onomatopoeic, after the bird's cry, but sometimes claimed to be from Latin terra nātālis, the etymon of Natal.


bloukraanvoël

Grus paradisea
Grus paradisea#Translingual


flamink

From Dutch flamingo, from Portuguese flamingo, from Spanish flamenco, from Old Occitan flamenc.

flamingo, bird of the family Phoenicopteridae


kwêvoël

Onomatopoeic, after the call + voël (“bird”).

Corythaixoides concolor
Corythaixoides concolor#Translingual

the go-away bird, Corythaixoides concolor


kafferkraai

kaffer (“Bantu, kaffir”) + kraai (“crow”)


dagbreker

Compound of dag (“day”) + breker (“breaker”)

(bird) Any of the chats of South Africa.


makou

→ Zulu: ikewu

Thought to be ultimately from Portuguese Macau, due to a mistaken belief that the duck originated there. Compare maccoa duck.

Cairina moschata
Cairina moschata#Translingual


kolgans

From Dutch kolgans (“white-fronted goose”). Equivalent to kol (“blaze”) + gans (“goose”).

Alopochen aegyptiaca
Alopochen aegyptiaca#Translingual

The Egyptian goose, Alopochen aegyptiaca


pylstert

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pylstert (plural pylsterte, diminutive pylstertjie)

pylsterte (plural)
pylstertjie (diminutive)

Inherited from Dutch pijlstaart, equivalent to pyl (“arrow”) + stert (“tail”).


neushoringvoël

neushoring (“rhinoceros”, literally “nose-horn”) + voël (“bird”).


renostervoël

renoster (“rhinoceros”) + voël (“bird”).


dubbeldoor

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dubbeldoor (plural dubbeldore, diminutive dubbeldoortjie)

dubbeldore (plural)
dubbeldoortjie (diminutive)

Compound of dubbel + door, the latter being a variant of dooier (“yolk”).


dubbeldooier

dubbeldooier (plural dubbeldooiers, diminutive dubbeldooiertjie)

dubbeldooiers (plural)
dubbeldooiertjie (diminutive)

Compound of dubbel (“double”) + dooier (“yolk”).

compound+

a double-yolked egg, an egg with two yolks