"sweef" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Afrikaans]

Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-sweef.wav Forms: sweef [present], swewende [participle, present], gesweef [participle, past]
Etymology: From Dutch zweven, from Middle Dutch sweven, from Old Dutch sweven (“to freely move back and forth, float”), from Proto-Germanic *swibāną, from Proto-Indo-European *sweyp-, *sweyb- (“to twist, turn around”). Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|zweven}} Dutch zweven, {{inh|af|dum|sweven}} Middle Dutch sweven, {{inh|af|odt|sweven||to freely move back and forth, float}} Old Dutch sweven (“to freely move back and forth, float”), {{inh|af|gem-pro|*swibāną}} Proto-Germanic *swibāną, {{der|af|ine-pro|*sweyp-}} Proto-Indo-European *sweyp- Head templates: {{af-verb|swewende}} sweef (present sweef, present participle swewende, past participle gesweef)
  1. to float (in the air)
    Sense id: en-sweef-af-verb-B6Bd2UoU
  2. to hover
    Sense id: en-sweef-af-verb-CcMIZI9S Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85
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    },
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