Afrikaans–English dictionary

English translation of the Afrikaans word been

Afrikaans	English (translated indirectly)	Esperanto
been (poot)	leg ; shank	kruro
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been	leg	gambo
op die been bring	develop ; cause ; create ; engender ; provoke	estigi
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aambeeldbeentjie	incus	inkudo

Afrikaans	English
been	arm; bone; branch; leg; limb; shank; stump
blok aan die been	drag
deur murg en been dring	pierce to the marrow
door merg en been dring	pierce to the marrow
iemand weer op die been help	get somebody on his feet again; get somebody onto his feet again
in merg en been	to the core
met die stert tussen die bene	with one’s tail between one’s legs
’n leër op die been bring	levy an army; raise an army
op die been	afoot; astir; on foot; out and about
op die been bly	keep one’s feet; keep on one’s feet
op die been bring	depauperize; raise
op die been help	set on foot
op eie bene staan	stand on one’s own legs
op sy bene bly	keep one’s legs
vlug ter been	swift of foot
weer op die been kom	recover one’s legs; regain one’s feet; recover one’s feet
aambeeldbeentjie	incus
agterbeen	hind leg
beenband	puttee
beenbankie	leg‐rest
beenbeskermer	guard
beenbeskrywer	osteographer; osteologist
beenbeskrywing	osteology; osteography
beenbevattend	ossiferous
beenboeie	legirons
beenbrand	caries
beenbreuk	fracture
beendergrot	ossuary
beenderhuis	charnel‐house
beenderstel	osteology
beenetend	ossivorous
beeneter	caries; necrosis
beenettering	caries
beenflikkergram	bone scintigram
beengreep	leg‐hold
beenkanker	necrosis
beenkant	leg side
beenmurg	bone marrow
beenontsteking	ostitis
beenontwikkeling	osteogenesis
beenplaat	greave; jamb
beenskerms	leg guards
beenskraper	xyster
beenskurfte	malanders
beenskut	pad; leg‐guard
beenspat	spavin
beenswart	bone‐black; bone‐charcoal; ivory black
beentjie	ossicle; osselet
beenversagting	osteosarcoma
beenvlies	periosteum
beenvorming	ossification; osteogenesis
beenvreter	caries; necrosis
beenysters	leg irons; legirons
bekkenbeen	pelvic bone
benig	bony; large‐boned
bladbeen	spade bone
bobeen	upper leg
borsbeen	breastbone; chest‐bone; sternum
dermbeen	iliac bone
driebeen	triad
driebeenwedloop	three‐legged race
dybeen	femur; thigh‐bone; thigh
eenbenig	one‐legged
elmboogbeen	ulna
enkelbeen	talus
gaapbeen	hyoid; hyoid bone
gebeente	skeleton
gelykbenig	isosceles; like‐sided
hakbeen	calcaneum
heiligebeen	sacrum
heupbeen	haunch‐bone; hip‐bone; innominate bone; hucklebone; ilium
hoefbeen	coffin‐bone
hoekbeen	hip‐rafter
hoepelbene	bandy legs
jukbeen	cheekbone; yoke‐bone; zygoma
kakebeen	jowl; jawbone; jaw; malar
kapbeen	hip‐rafter
kniegewrigsbeen	stiffle‐bone
kopbeen	cranium; skull
kraakbeen	cartilage; gristle; tarsus
kruisbeen	sacral bone
kruisbeens	cross‐legged
langbenig	long‐legged; long‐shanked; leggy
middelhandbeen	metacarpal
murgbeen	marrowbone
nekbeen	neck‐bone
ontbeen	bone; fillet
opperarmbeen	humerus
ploegbeen	vomer
pypbeen	shank‐bone
ribbebeen	rib
rietbene	spindle‐legs
ringbeen	ring‐bone
seebene	sea‐legs
sesbenig	six‐legged
sifbeen	ethmoid bone
sitbeen	ischium
skaambeen	pubic bone; pubes
skeenbeen	shin‐bone; heel‐bone; tibia
skenkelbeen	femur; shank
skildbeen	shoulderblade
skuitjiebeen	navicular bone
slaapbeen	temporal; temporal bone
sleutelbeen	clavicle; collar‐bone; key‐bone
speekbeen	radius
speekbene	spindle‐legs; spindle‐shanks
stertbeen	coccyx
tandbeen	dentine
tongbeen	hyoid; hyoid bone; tongue‐bone
tweebenig	two‐legged
vel‐en‐been	scraggy; scrawny; skinny
voorhoofsbeen	frontal bone
voubeen	folder; letter‐folder; paper folder; paper‐knife
wandbeen	parietal bone
werwelbeen	vertebra; spondyle; spondyl
wigbeen	sphenoid
X‐bene	knock‐knees