boom

From Dutch boom, from Middle Dutch bôom, from Old Dutch bōm, boum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.


tak

From Dutch tak (“branch, twig, offshoot”), from Middle Dutch tac (“pointy object, forked object”), from Old Dutch *takko (“pointy object”).


peer

From Dutch peer, from Middle Dutch pēre, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from Latin pirum.


appel

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appel (plural appels, diminutive appeltjie)

→ Xhosa: i-apile

From Dutch appel, from Middle Dutch appel, from Old Dutch *appel, from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.


vy

Backformation from vye, plural of vyg, from Dutch vijg.


beet

From Dutch beet, variant of biet, from Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta.


aartappel

aartappel (plural aartappels, diminutive aartappeltjie)

aartappels (plural)
aartappeltjie (diminutive)

From Dutch aardappel, from Middle Dutch *āerdappel (“cucumber, pumpkin”).


nartjie

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nartjie (plural nartjies, diminutive nartjietjie)

nartjies (plural)
nartjietjie (diminutive)

Perhaps borrowed from Tamil நாரத்தை (nārattai, “citron”).


komkommer

komkommer (plural komkommers, diminutive komkommertjie)

komkommers (plural)
komkommertjie (diminutive)

From Dutch komkommer, from Middle Dutch cucumer, from Old French concombre, from Latin cucumis.


naartjie

naartjie (plural naartjies, diminutive naartjietjie)

naartjies (plural)
naartjietjie (diminutive)

(uncommon) Alternative spelling of nartjie


mielie

mielie (plural mielies, diminutive mielietjie)

mielies (plural)
mielietjie (diminutive)

→ English: mielie, mealie

From Portuguese milho, from Latin milium.


vygie

→ English: vygie


wortel

From Dutch wortel, from Middle Dutch wortele, from Old Dutch *wurtala, from Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“root”) + *waluz (“stick”).


granaat

→ Xhosa: irharnate

From Dutch granaat, Middle Dutch garnate, grenate, from Old French grenat, from Latin pomus granatus (“seeded apple”).


vrug

vrug (plural vrugte, diminutive vruggie)

From Dutch vrucht, from Middle Dutch vrucht, from Old Dutch fruht, from Latin frūctus.


blom

blom (plural blomme, diminutive blommetjie)

From Dutch blom, dialectal form of bloem, from Middle Dutch bloeme, from Old Dutch *bluomo, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô.


sering

Melia azedarach
Melia azedarach#Translingual


ysterbos

ysterbos (plural ysterbosse, diminutive ysterbossie)

ysterbosse (plural)
ysterbossie (diminutive)

Possibly from yster (“iron”) + bos (“shrub, shrublet, bush”)

Dodonaea thunbergii; Dodonaea angustifolia.


piesang

piesang (plural piesangs, diminutive piesankie)

piesangs (plural)
piesankie (diminutive)


kersie

kersie (plural kersies, diminutive kersietjie)

kersies (plural)
kersietjie (diminutive)

Diminutive of Dutch kers (“cherry”). The basic form has been reserved to the etymologically distinct kers (“candle”) in Afrikaans (compare etymology 2).


sterretjies-jasmyn

sterretjies-jasmyn (plural sterretjies-jasmyne, diminutive sterrtjies-jasmyntjie)

sterretjies-jasmyne (plural)
sterrtjies-jasmyntjie (diminutive)


rooigras

Equivalent to rooi (“red”) + gras (“grass”).


aalwyn

aalwyn (plural aalwyne, diminutive aalwyntjie)

aalwyne (plural)
aalwyntjie (diminutive)


doringboom

doringboom (plural doringbome, diminutive doringboompie)

doringbome (plural)
doringboompie (diminutive)

From Dutch doornboom. Equivalent to doring + boom.


kokosneut

From Dutch kokosnoot. Eq. to kokos + neut.


lemoen

Inherited from Dutch limoen (“lime”), from Middle Dutch limoen, from Middle French limon, from Italian limone, from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn) or Ottoman Turkish لیمون, from Persian لیمو.


mandaryn

mandaryn (plural mandaryne, diminutive mandaryntjie)

mandaryne (plural)
mandaryntjie (diminutive)


sterretjiesjasmyn

sterretjiesjasmyn (plural sterretjiesjasmyne, diminutive sterrtjiesjasmyntjie)

sterretjiesjasmyne (plural)
sterrtjiesjasmyntjie (diminutive)

Jasminum multipartitum
Wikispecies:Jasminum multipartitum

starry wild jasmine (a plant of the species Jasminum multipartitum)


appelkoos

From Dutch appelkoos, from abrikoos, from Middle French abricot, from Arabic اَلْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq), from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον (praikókion), from Latin praecoqua.

der

اَلْبَرْقُوق


aarbei

From Dutch aardbei, from Middle Dutch erdbēre, erdbēsie, from Old Dutch *erdberi, from Proto-West Germanic *erþubaʀi from Proto-Germanic *erþōbazją (literally “earth-berry”).


perske

→ Phuthi: iperekisi

From Dutch perzik, from Middle Dutch perseke, ultimately from Late Latin persicum, persica.


tamatie

→ Sotho: tamati

→ Zulu: utamatisi

From Dutch tomaat with assimilation of the first vowel, from English tomato, though the Dutch underwent subsequent influence by French tomate, both from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl (“tomatillo”).


wildegranaat

From wilde (“wild”) + granaat (“pomegranate”).

compound

Various plants, generally in the genera Burchellia or Rhigozum.


matoppie

→ English: matoppie


wildekastaiing

Watse bosboom sal sy aanbeveel? Wildekastaiing. Vertel my van die boom.

2003, Dalene Matthee, Toorbos, Tafelberg, page 194:

What kind of forest tree would she recommend? Cape chestnut. Tell me about that tree.


stinkhout

any of several other tree species which release a strong smell when freshly felled, such as Celtis africana (witstinkhout), Celtis gomphophylla (growweblaarstinkhout), Prunus africana (rooistinkhout), or Celtis mildbraedii (rooivrugwitstinkhout)


witels

Hulle is baie gevaarlik; beste is om maar altijd 'n stinkhout of 'n witels in die oog te hou om in op te klim vir ingeval hulle jou jaag[…].

2003, Dalene Matthee, Toorbos, Tafelberg, page 48:

They are very dangerous; it is best to always keep an eye on a black stinkwood or a Platylophus trifoliatus to climb up in, for in case they come after you […].

Platylophus trifoliatus, a tree endemic to South Africa


ysterhout

Anderkant die witpeer staan nog een met sy takke verstrengel in 'n ysterhout soos vashou aan mekaar.

2003, Dalene Matthee, Toorbos, Tafelberg, page 173:

At the other side of the white pear stood another one with its branches tangled up in an ironwood olive, as if holding on to each other.

black ironwood, ironwood olive, Olea capensis


geelhout

[…] wat berge dwarslêers uit geelhout en stinkhout gekap en gemoot het vir die treinspore – al het min van hulle idee gehad hoe 'n regte trein lyk.

2003, Dalene Matthee, Toorbos, Tafelberg, page 34:

[…] who had cut piles of sleepers out of broad-leaved yellowwood and black stinkwood for the train tracks – even though none of them had had any idea of what an actual train looks like.

broad-leaved yellowwood
w:en:broad-leaved yellowwood

Podocarpus latifolius
Wikispecies:Podocarpus latifolius

geelhout (broad-leaved yellowwood (Podocarpus latifolius), or any other tree of genus Podocarpus)


kafferkoring

→ Dutch: kafferkoren

kaffer (“African”) (now offensive) + koring (“grain”).

Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum bicolor#Translingual

(now offensive) sorghum, Sorghum bicolor


kafferboontjie

kaffer (“African”) (now offensive) + boontjie (“bean”).

Vigna unguiculata
Vigna unguiculata#Translingual

(now offensive) cowpea; Vigna unguiculata


kafferboom

kaffer (“African”) (now offensive) + boom (“tree”).

(now offensive) coral tree, especially Erythrina caffra


koraalboom

coral tree, especially Erythrina lysistemon


kaffertulp

kaffer (“African”) (now offensive) + tulp (“tulip”)

(now offensive) star grass (Hypoxis spp.)


kaffertjie

(offensive, ethnic slur) A black person, notably a (Southern African) Bantu.


steekkweek

Stipagrostis namaquensis, one of several species known as bushman grass.


twagras

Any of the species of the grass genus Aristida sensu lato growing in southern Africa; bushman grass.


boesmangras

(now offensive) Any of the species of the grass genus Aristida sensu lato growing in southern Africa.


patryshout

patrys (“partridge”) + hout (“wood”). Possibly influenced by, or an influence on, the English word partridge-wood, which is sometimes used to refer to the same tree.

panga panga; the wood of Millettia stuhlmannii


broodboom

From Dutch broodboom, equivalent to brood + boom.


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polvygie (plural polvygies, diminutive polvygie)

polvygies (plural)
polvygie (diminutive)

A plant in the family Aizoaceae, especially Bergeranthus scapiger.


meidebossie

From meid (“young Black woman”) (now offensive) + bossie (“small bush”).

af

(now offensive) uhaloa; Waltheria indica


geelmagriet

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geelmagriet (plural geelmagriets, diminutive geelmagrietjie)

geelmagriets (plural)
geelmagrietjie (diminutive)


gousblom

Any of several species of plants in the sunflower family, especially members of the tribe Arctotideae and genus Arctotis.


aasvoëlbessie

Literally, “vulture-berry”, from Dutch aasvogel + bes.

Maurocenia frangula, a shrub endemic to a small area of the Western Cape region, or its fruit.


wildejasmyn

At least two plants in the olive family.

Jasminum angulare, a South African species of jasmine.


koorsbos

Equivalent to koors (“fever”) + bos (“bush”)

Coleonema juniperinum, a small shrub native to southern Africa.


voëlent

Any of several species of hemiparasitic mistletoe in genus Viscum.


blinkblaar

Equivalent to blink (“shine”) + blaar (“leaf”)

Rhamnus prinoides, an African species of buckthorn with shiny leaves.


boesmankers

Equivalent to Boesman (“Bushman”) + kers (“candle”)

bushman's candle; small shrubs in genus Sarcocaulon.


vrouebossie

Geranium incanum, a wild geranium used as an herbal tea; carpet geranium


kuskoraalboom

kus (“coast”) + koraal (“coral”) + boom (“tree”).


spinasie

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spinasie (plural spinasies, diminutive spinasietjie)

spinasies (plural)
spinasietjie (diminutive)

From Dutch spinazie, from Middle Dutch spinagie, from Old French espinache, from Latin spinachium, Old Spanish espinaca, from Arabic إسفاناخ, from Persian اسفناج.

der

Arabic إسفاناخ


geelmargriet

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geelmargriet (plural geelmargriets, diminutive geelmargrietjie)

geelmargriets (plural)
geelmargrietjie (diminutive)

A plant belonging to the genus Ursinia in the sunflower family.


maroela

maroela (plural maroelas, diminutive maroelatjie)

maroelas (plural)
maroelatjie (diminutive)

From Tswana morula (“marula tree”), or from a closely related language.

marula; a medium-sized dioecious tree, Sclerocarya birrea


blommespraak

Compound of blomme (“flowers”) + spraak (“speech, language”).


blommetaal

Compound of blomme (“flowers”) + taal (“language”).

language of flowers
language of flowers#English


blomtaal

Compound of blom (“flower”) + taal (“language”).


maroelaboom

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maroelaboom (plural maroelabome, diminutive maroelaboompie)

maroelabome (plural)
maroelaboompie (diminutive)


maroelavrug

maroelavrug (plural maroelavrugte, diminutive maroelavruggie)

maroelavrugte (plural)
maroelavruggie (diminutive)


springmielie

springmielie (plural springmielies, diminutive springmielietjie)

springmielies (plural)
springmielietjie (diminutive)

From spring (“jump”) + mielie (“corn, maize”).


kameeldoring

→ English: camelthorn (calque)

/kɑˈmɪə̯ɫˌdʊə̯.rəŋ/

From Dutch kameeldoorn. Equivalent to kameel (“giraffe, camel”) + doring (“thorn”).