"kalf" meaning in Afrikaans

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Noun

IPA: /kalf/ Forms: kalwers [plural], kalfie [diminutive]
Etymology: From Dutch kalf. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|kalf}} Dutch kalf Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|kalwers|||||diminutive|kalfie|||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} kalf (plural kalwers, diminutive kalfie), {{af-noun|kalwers|kalfie}} kalf (plural kalwers, diminutive kalfie)
  1. A calf, young bovine.
    Sense id: en-kalf-af-noun-tMAyDOHe Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 59 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /kalf/ Forms: kalf [present], kalwende [participle, present], gekalf [participle, past]
Etymology: From Dutch kalven. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|kalven}} Dutch kalven Head templates: {{af-verb|kalwende}} kalf (present kalf, present participle kalwende, past participle gekalf)
  1. To calve.
    Sense id: en-kalf-af-verb-B-zFIDZW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for kalf meaning in Afrikaans (1.9kB)

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