Some Boer Words.
Some Boer words constantly recurring io the cable messages may need explanation, There is th word " ppnn'fc," for instance, a* in Modder Spruit. A " spruit " is 8 «mall creek. " % Laagte "— aa in E'ands Laagte — mean* flat broken country ; in which " elands," ante lopps, used to be found in plenty. " Dn'fr," as in Rorke's Drift, is « crossing or ford. A " kopjg," of course, is a rocky hill, and " laager " is a stockade formed cf waggon 9 o> 9'ones When it is said that a plact '}•* defended by " dongaa " reference i^ made to broken ground, ground which has been washed away by fl iod", leaving a sort of dry creeK b^d handy for cover.
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Manawatu Herald, 14 November 1899, Page 2
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115Some Boer Words. Manawatu Herald, 14 November 1899, Page 2
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