"kloof" meaning in Afrikaans

See kloof in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kluəf/ Forms: klowe [plural]
Etymology: From Dutch kloof, from Middle Dutch clove. Etymology templates: {{root|af|ine-pro|*glewbʰ-}}, {{inh|af|nl|kloof}} Dutch kloof, {{inh|af|dum|clove}} Middle Dutch clove Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|klowe|||||||||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} kloof (plural klowe), {{af-noun|klowe}} kloof (plural klowe)
  1. gap, split
    Sense id: en-kloof-af-noun-4VrzHsre
  2. ravine, gorge, glen Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-kloof-af-noun-Gk3JhP44 Disambiguation of Landforms: 3 86 11 Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 2 79 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /kluəf/ Forms: kloof [present], klowende [participle, present], gekloof [participle, past]
Etymology: From Dutch kloven. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|kloven}} Dutch kloven Head templates: {{af-verb|klowende}} kloof (present kloof, present participle klowende, past participle gekloof)
  1. to split, to cleave
    Sense id: en-kloof-af-verb-QqjU7WGM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for kloof meaning in Afrikaans (2.4kB)

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