rug
Afrikaans
/rœχ/
noun
Definitions
- (plural chiefly rûe) back rear of the body
- (plural chiefly rûens) hill; ridge
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish rug (back, ridge).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
rug
Gloss
back, ridge
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
後, 背
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bergrug Dutch, Flemish
- bultrug Dutch, Flemish
- bultrugwalvis Dutch, Flemish
- heuvelrug Dutch, Flemish
- rug Dutch, Flemish
- ruggengraat Dutch, Flemish
- ruggenprik Dutch, Flemish
- ruggenwervel Dutch, Flemish
- ruggespraak Dutch, Flemish
- rugleuning Dutch, Flemish
- rugschild Dutch, Flemish
- rugtas Dutch, Flemish
- rugvin Dutch, Flemish
- rugwind Dutch, Flemish
- rugzak Dutch, Flemish
- rugzwemmen Dutch, Flemish
- terug Dutch, Flemish
- rugge Middle Dutch