meid
English
/meɪt/
noun
Definitions
- (South Africa) A young black woman.
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans meid derived from Dutch, Flemish meid.
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
meid
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boerenmeid Dutch, Flemish
- dienstmeid Dutch, Flemish
- meid Dutch, Flemish
- moffenmeid Dutch, Flemish
- stalmeid Dutch, Flemish
- meit Middle Dutch
- meid Afrikaans