wildebeest
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈʋɪl.dəˌbeːst/
noun
Definitions
- gnu, wildebeest
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans wildebees com from Dutch, Flemish wilde + Dutch, Flemish beest (beast, animal, someone who enjoys an activity).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
beest
Gloss
beast, animal, someone who enjoys an activity
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wildebeest English
- bakbeest Dutch, Flemish
- beest Dutch, Flemish
- beestenbende Dutch, Flemish
- beestenspel Dutch, Flemish
- feestbeest Dutch, Flemish
- hoornbeest Dutch, Flemish
- knuffelbeest Dutch, Flemish
- koebeest Dutch, Flemish
- liegbeest Dutch, Flemish
- podiumbeest Dutch, Flemish
- suikerbeest Dutch, Flemish
- varkensbeest Dutch, Flemish
- vloekbeest Dutch, Flemish
- wilde Dutch, Flemish
- beeste Middle Dutch
- bees Afrikaans
- wildebees Afrikaans
- wildebeest Afrikaans