This animal is not black, nor is the white rhino white. In fact, it was most likely a misinterpretation of the Afrikaans word “wyd”, meaning “wide”, that resulted in this situation. Now, these subspecies are sometimes called square-lipper or hook-lipped rhinoceros to tell them apart. ...
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1838, from South African Dutch (in modern Afrikaans wildebees, plural wildebeeste), literally "wild beast," from Dutch wild "wild" (see wild (adj.)) + beest "beast, ox" (in South African Dutch "steer, cattle"), from Middle Dutch beeste, from Old French beste "beast" (see beast)....
Wildebeest [19] was acquired from Afrikaans.=> bewilder, wilderness wild (n.) "uncultivated or desolate region," 1590s, in the wilds. From wild (adj.). Earlier it meant "wild animal" (c. 1200). wild (adj.) Old English wilde "in the natural state, uncultivated, untamed, un...
They are grey in colour. “White” may come from the Afrikaans word for “wide”. It has some connection with their wide mouths. Southern white rhinos live on grass, leaves, fruit and so on. They have very poor eyesight. However, they have good hearing and an excellent sense of smell....
Old Englishwild dēor‘wild animal’. But by the time it appears in texts, the modern sense ‘wild land’ is complete. The noun is thought to have been the source of the now defunct verbwilder, which probably served as the basis ofbewilder[17].Wildebeest[19] was acquired from Afrikaans....
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Responsiveness to participants' language and food needs was considered as part of the process. Where desired, participants could express themselves in their mother tongue (generally Afrikaans) instead of English, with translation available for those who needed it. Workshop meals were prepared by one ...
s colonial history Afrikaans, the language of the previous South African occupiers, is still widely spoken and functions as the lingua franca in Namibia. Namibia has two small groups of nomadic groups; the Khoisan speaking people, known as the Bushmen or San and the Ovahimba people, ...