sout

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See also: Sout. and söüt

English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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sout

  1. Obsolete form of soot.

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Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch zout, from Middle Dutch sout, from Old Dutch *salt, from Proto-Germanic *saltą (noun), *saltaz (adjective), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls.

Noun

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sout (plural soute)

  1. salt
    Die seun het mos twee kilo sout gehaal.
    The boy must have brought two kilogrammes of salt.
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Adjective

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sout (attributive sout, comparative souter, superlative soutste)

  1. salt, salty
    Is dit nie te sout nie?
    Isn't it too salty?
    Die sout seewind waai deur sy hare.
    The salt sea wind is blowing through his hairs.
See also
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Basic tastes in Afrikaans · smake (layout · text)
soet suur sout bitter skerp -

Etymology 2

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From Dutch zouten, from Middle Dutch souten, from Old Dutch *saltan, from Proto-Germanic *saltaną.

Verb

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sout (present sout, present participle soutende, past participle gesout)

  1. (transitive) to salt, to salten
    Ons moet die sop gaan sout.
    We have to go salt the soup.