raafgier
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈraːf.xiːr/
noun
Definitions
- (dated) New World vulture, vulture of the family Cathartidae
Etymology
Compound from Dutch, Flemish raaf (raven) + Dutch, Flemish gier (vulture, desire, greedy, liquid manure, eager).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
gier
Gloss
vulture, desire, greedy, liquid manure, eager
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
欲
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aasgier Dutch, Flemish
- gier Dutch, Flemish
- gierig Dutch, Flemish
- hoornraaf Dutch, Flemish
- monniksgier Dutch, Flemish
- nieuwsgier Dutch, Flemish
- raaf Dutch, Flemish
- ravenmoeder Dutch, Flemish
- ravenzwart Dutch, Flemish
- roofgier Dutch, Flemish
- waterraaf Dutch, Flemish
- gir Middle Dutch
- rāve Middle Dutch
- raaf Afrikaans
- rafru Sranan Tongo