witgat

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English

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Etymology

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From Afrikaans witgat.

Noun

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witgat (plural witgats)

  1. (South Africa) Synonym of motlopi
    • 1972, Eve Palmer, Norah Pitman, Trees of Southern Africa:
      The witgats, Boscia albitrunca and Boscia oleoides, are sometimes called shepherd's trees because their neat evergreen crowns cast a small but deep shadow in which for centuries shepherds and their flocks have rested.

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From wit +‎ gat.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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witgat (plural witgatte)

  1. motlopi tree
    Synonyms: matoppie, witgatboom

Dutch

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Tringa ochropus

Etymology

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From wit (white) +‎ gat (rump).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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witgat c (plural witgatten, diminutive witgatje n)

  1. the green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus

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