"bruin" meaning in Afrikaans

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-bruin.wav
Etymology: From Dutch bruin. Etymology templates: {{root|af|ine-pro|*bʰerH-|id=brown}}, {{dercat|af|dum|odt|gmw-pro|gem-pro|inh=4}}, {{inh|af|nl|bruin}} Dutch bruin Head templates: {{af-adj|bruin </b>or (of people alternatively)<b> bruine|bruiner}} bruin (attributive bruin or (of people alternatively) bruine, comparative bruiner, superlative bruinste) Forms: bruin [attributive], bruine [attributive], bruiner [comparative], bruinste [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], bruin [positive, predicative], bruin [attributive, positive], bruine [attributive, positive], bruine [attributive, independent, positive, singular], bruines [attributive, independent, plural, positive], bruins [partitive, positive], bruiner [attributive, comparative, predicative], bruinere [attributive, comparative, independent, singular], bruineres [attributive, comparative, independent, plural], bruiners [comparative, partitive], bruinste [attributive, predicative, superlative], bruinste [singular, superlative], bruinstes [attributive, independent, plural, superlative], - [partitive, superlative]
  1. brown
    Sense id: en-bruin-af-adj-XrZ~n4QJ Categories (other): Colors Disambiguation of Colors: 67 33
  2. coloured, of mixed-race and/or Southeast Asian stock
    Sense id: en-bruin-af-adj-m1NBY0Iw Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 0 54 0 6 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 51 0 4 45
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      "source": "inflection",
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