grou

• IPA^(key): /χrʌu̯/

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From Dutch grauw.

grou (attributive grou or (chiefly figurative senses) groue, comparative grouer, superlative grouste)

1. grey, ash-coloured; dull white; dull black

   Die grou môrelig

   The ash-coloured/grey morning light.

2. very old and long ago

   Dis in die groue verlede.

   It is in the distant past.

3. sombre, sad, sorrowful, bleak

   Die toekoms lyk grou.

   The future looks bleak.

4. monotonous, humdrum

   Synonyms: eentonig, saai

• grouheid

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Dutch "krauwen" influenced by "graaf"?”)

grou (present grou, present participle grouende, past participle gegrou)

1. to dig

   Synonym: graaf/grawe

2. to rummage or to search for something either for the sake of finding something or out of curiosity

   Synonym: krap

From Old Galician-Portuguese gru m, from Latin grūs, gruem f or m (“crane”) or possibly through a Vulgar Latin *gruum m, from the same etymon.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾow/

grou m (plural grous)

1. crane (bird)

• grúa

From Old Galician-Portuguese gru m, from Latin gruem f or m (“crane”) or possibly through a Vulgar Latin *gruum m, from Proto-Indo-European *gr̥h₂ú-, from *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).

• Rhymes: -ow

grou m (plural grous, feminine grua, feminine plural gruas)

1. crane (large, long-legged and long-necked birds)

• grua