| Afrikaans | English |
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| los | ⇆ abandon; ⇆ adrift; ⇆ casual; ⇆ clear; ⇆ clear up; ⇆ crank; ⇆ debark; ⇆ detachable; ⇆ detached; ⇆ discharge; ⇆ disconnected; ⇆ disengaged; ⇆ dishevelled; ⇆ disjointed; ⇆ disjunct; ⇆ dissolute; ⇆ fast; ⇆ flipperty‐flopperty; ⇆ floppy; ⇆ fluent; ⇆ free; ⇆ gay; ⇆ glibly; ⇆ in bulk; ⇆ incoherent; ⇆ incohesive; ⇆ in the loose; ⇆ lax; ⇆ licentious; ⇆ light; ⇆ liquid; ⇆ loose; ⇆ movable; ⇆ odd; ⇆ quit; ⇆ replevy; ⇆ slack; ⇆ take out of pledge; ⇆ unattached; ⇆ unchecked; ⇆ unclasp; ⇆ unconstrained; ⇆ undone; ⇆ unfixed; ⇆ unhand; ⇆ unload; ⇆ unship; ⇆ vague |
| los werker | ⇆ casual labourer |
| aflos | ⇆ clear; ⇆ relieve; ⇆ redeem; ⇆ discharge; ⇆ relay; ⇆ spell; ⇆ pay |
| inlos | ⇆ redeem; ⇆ take out of pawn; ⇆ repay |
| losbandig | ⇆ abandoned; ⇆ Bohemian; ⇆ debauched; ⇆ dissipated; ⇆ dissolute; ⇆ fast; ⇆ lawless; ⇆ licentious; ⇆ gay; ⇆ loose; ⇆ libertine; ⇆ profligate; ⇆ raffish; ⇆ rakish; ⇆ riotous; ⇆ unbridled; ⇆ unruly; ⇆ wanton; ⇆ wild |
| losbars | ⇆ belch; ⇆ break forth; ⇆ burst out; ⇆ launch; ⇆ let fly |
| losbek | ⇆ enfant terrible |
| losberg | ⇆ relict |
| losbind | ⇆ unbind; ⇆ undo; ⇆ untie |
| losbladdagboek | ⇆ loose‐leaf diary |
| losbrand | ⇆ blaze; ⇆ discharge; ⇆ fire; ⇆ let fly; ⇆ volley; ⇆ open fire |
| losdraai | ⇆ uncoil; ⇆ unfray; ⇆ untwine; ⇆ untwist; ⇆ work loose |
| losgaan | ⇆ rip; ⇆ unwind |
| losgeld | ⇆ cost of discharge; ⇆ ransom |
| losgespe | ⇆ unbrace; ⇆ unbuckle; ⇆ unclasp; ⇆ unstrap |
| losgoed | ⇆ chattel; ⇆ chattels; ⇆ movables; ⇆ movable property |
| losgooi | ⇆ unmoor |
| losgord | ⇆ ungird |
| loshangend | ⇆ fly‐away; ⇆ unbound |
| losheid | ⇆ abandon; ⇆ detachment; ⇆ fastness; ⇆ flippancy; ⇆ looseness; ⇆ incoherence; ⇆ incoherency; ⇆ laxity; ⇆ laxness; ⇆ unconstraint |
| losknoop | ⇆ unbutton; ⇆ undo; ⇆ untie |
| loskoop | ⇆ buy off; ⇆ redeem |
| loskop | ⇆ scatter‐brain; ⇆ loose head; ⇆ tailstick; ⇆ relict |
| loskry | ⇆ get loose; ⇆ untie; ⇆ unscrew; ⇆ secure; ⇆ obtain; ⇆ extract; ⇆ get out of; ⇆ wangle |
| loslippig | ⇆ flippant; ⇆ gossipy |
| losloop | ⇆ run loose; ⇆ be at large; ⇆ free‐wheel |
| loslywig | ⇆ loose; ⇆ loose bowels |
| losmaai | ⇆ scarify |
| losmaak | ⇆ cast loose; ⇆ detach; ⇆ disassociate; ⇆ disattach; ⇆ disembarrass; ⇆ disembody; ⇆ disengage; ⇆ disentangle; ⇆ disjoin; ⇆ dissociate; ⇆ extricate; ⇆ loosen; ⇆ relax; ⇆ loose; ⇆ turn loose; ⇆ turn adrift; ⇆ unbend; ⇆ unbrace; ⇆ unchain; ⇆ uncouple; ⇆ undo; ⇆ undoing; ⇆ unfasten; ⇆ unfetter; ⇆ unfix; ⇆ ungear; ⇆ ungird; ⇆ unhitch; ⇆ unhook; ⇆ unknot; ⇆ unleash; ⇆ unlink; ⇆ unloose; ⇆ unmoor; ⇆ untack; ⇆ untangle; ⇆ untether; ⇆ untie; ⇆ untwine; ⇆ unwreathe |
| losperd | ⇆ outrider |
| lospit | ⇆ freestone |
| lospitperske | ⇆ freestone peach |
| losplek | ⇆ discharging‐berth; ⇆ unloading‐berth |
| losprys | ⇆ ransom |
| losraak | ⇆ get clear; ⇆ slip the leash; ⇆ come undone; ⇆ work off |
| losroei | ⇆ paddle |
| losruk | ⇆ tear |
| losry | ⇆ run in |
| losryg | ⇆ unlace; ⇆ untack |
| losser | ⇆ discharger; ⇆ heaver; ⇆ hopper‐truck |
| losserig | ⇆ loosish |
| lossies | ⇆ loosely |
| lossing | ⇆ debarkation; ⇆ discharge; ⇆ redemption; ⇆ replevin |
| lossinnig | ⇆ feather‐brained; ⇆ flighty; ⇆ loose |
| losskakel | ⇆ disconnect; ⇆ fly half; ⇆ throw out of gear; ⇆ stand‐off half |
| losskeur | ⇆ rend asunder; ⇆ sever |
| losskroef | ⇆ unscrew |
| losskrum | ⇆ loose scrum |
| losslaan | ⇆ wangle |
| lossny | ⇆ cut the painter; ⇆ cut loose |
| losspel | ⇆ loose; ⇆ loose play |
| losspeld | ⇆ unpin |
| lossteek | ⇆ go for; ⇆ lash out |
| lostrek | ⇆ fiddle away; ⇆ let fly; ⇆ ladder; ⇆ go into ladders; ⇆ let out; ⇆ rip; ⇆ unknit; ⇆ unpick |
| losweek | ⇆ deglutinate |
| loswerk | ⇆ char; ⇆ run in; ⇆ scarify; ⇆ work loose |
| loswiel | ⇆ free‐wheel |
| loswikkel | ⇆ dislodge; ⇆ extricate; ⇆ unwind; ⇆ unwrap |
| loswind | ⇆ untwine; ⇆ unwind |
| loswurm | ⇆ worm clear |
| onlosbaar | ⇆ incommutable; ⇆ unredeemable |
| oplos | ⇆ analyse; ⇆ solve; ⇆ clear up; ⇆ decompose; ⇆ disintegrate; ⇆ dissolve; ⇆ riddle; ⇆ melt; ⇆ puzzle out; ⇆ resolve; ⇆ unriddle; ⇆ work |
| uitlos | ⇆ leave out; ⇆ leave alone |
| verlos | ⇆ deliver; ⇆ disembroil; ⇆ disencumber; ⇆ ease; ⇆ ransom; ⇆ release; ⇆ free; ⇆ rescue; ⇆ rid; ⇆ save |