spoeg

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch spoegen, a dialectal variant of spugen (“to spit, vomit”), reformed from spuwen, whence the Afrikaans doublet spu (“to spew, spout”). The noun is deverbal. See the Dutch entries for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spuχ/
  • Audio; [spɯχ]:(file)

Verb

spoeg (present spoeg, present participle spoegende, past participle gespoeg)

  1. to spit (eject saliva etc. from the mouth)

Noun

spoeg (uncountable)

  1. saliva, spit, spittle
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