vlei
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Afrikaans vlei, from vallei (“valley”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
vlei (plural vleis)
- (Southern Africa) A shallow wetlands or minor lake, generally a seasonal one, or the lowland where such a wetlands appears seasonally.
- 1861, Charles John Andersson, Lake Ngami, chapter XXV, page 301
- The country thereabout was a succession of vleys or gulleys, then filled with excellent clear water, teeming with water-fowl.
- 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther 1974, p. 59:
- She remembered the pleasurable warm smell of the cow droppings […] as if the four-divided stomachs of the great oxen were filled with nothing but concentrated memories of hours of grazing along the water heavy vleis.
- 2010, Jeremiah Allen, Namibia (Other Places Travel Guide), page 199
- Although rare, it takes an unearthly amount of rain to fill the Tsauchab River and penetrate the dune area, bringing water into the vlei. During these rare times, the vlei takes on a life of its own, much different than in the absence of water […]
- 1861, Charles John Andersson, Lake Ngami, chapter XXV, page 301
- (US regional) A wetland or marsh.
Derived terms
Translations
shallow wetlands or minor lake, especially a seasonal one
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wetland — see wetland
marsh — see marsh
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Afrikaans
Etymology 1
Noun
vlei (plural vleie)
Etymology 2
Verb
vlei (present vlei, present participle vleiende, past participle gevlei)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
vlei
- (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of vleien
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of vleien
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