vark

See also: värk

Afrikaans

Etymology

Backformation from Dutch varken (“pig”), either by reinterpreting the singular as a plural, or from the actual plural varkens by rebracketing it as vark + -ens.

Noun

vark (plural varke, diminutive varkie)

  1. pig

Derived terms
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