kaalgat
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Afrikaans kaalgat.
Adjective
[edit]kaalgat (not comparable)
Translations
[edit]stark naked
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Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch kaalgat (noun), the adjective is an Afrikaans development. Equivalent kaal (“naked”) + gat (“hole, butt, backside”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]kaalgat (attributive kaalgat, not comparable)
Noun
[edit]kaalgat (plural kaalgatte, diminutive kaalgatjie)
See also
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of kaal (“bald, bare”) + gat (“hole”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kaalgat m (plural kaalgaten, diminutive kaalgaatje n)
- (obsolete, figuratively) An extremely poor person, a poor sod.
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