"vark" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Afrikaans]

IPA: /fark/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-vark.wav Forms: varke [plural], varkie [diminutive]
Etymology: Backformation from Dutch varken (“pig”), either by reinterpreting the singular as a plural, or from the actual plural varkens by rebracketing it as vark + -ens. From Middle Dutch varken. Ultimately from an old diminutive derived from Proto-Germanic *farhaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|varken|t=pig}} Dutch varken (“pig”), {{inh|af|dum|varken}} Middle Dutch varken, {{der|af|gem-pro|*farhaz}} Proto-Germanic *farhaz Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|varke|||||diminutive|varkie|||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} vark (plural varke, diminutive varkie), {{af-noun|e|varkie}} vark (plural varke, diminutive varkie)
  1. pig Categories (lifeform): Pigs Synonyms: ot, fark [obsolete] Derived forms: erdvark, padvark, vlakvark, krimpvark

Inflected forms

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