| Afrikaans | Engels |
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| skyn | ⇆ appear; ⇆ appearance; ⇆ bubble; ⇆ colour; ⇆ eyewash; ⇆ form; ⇆ glimmer; ⇆ glimpse; ⇆ lamp; ⇆ polish; ⇆ pretence; ⇆ seem; ⇆ semblance; ⇆ shadow; ⇆ sham; ⇆ shell; ⇆ shine; ⇆ shining; ⇆ show; ⇆ simulation; ⇆ trumpery; ⇆ vanity; ⇆ whitewash |
| die skyn hê van | ⇆ seem; ⇆ have the semblance of; ⇆ bear the semblance of |
| die skyn red | ⇆ save one’s face; ⇆ save appearances |
| in skyn | ⇆ seemingly |
| onder die skyn van | ⇆ under cover of; ⇆ under the guise of; ⇆ under the pretext of |
| uiterlike skyn | ⇆ outward show |
| vir die skyn | ⇆ for show |
| maanskyn | ⇆ moonshine |
| oënskynlik | ⇆ apparently; ⇆ on the face of it; ⇆ ostensibly; ⇆ ostensible; ⇆ professedly; ⇆ seeming; ⇆ seemingly |
| skoonskynend | ⇆ meretricious; ⇆ plausible; ⇆ specious; ⇆ tinsel; ⇆ trumpery |
| skynaanval | ⇆ diversion; ⇆ feigned attack |
| skynbaar | ⇆ apparent; ⇆ colourable; ⇆ virtual; ⇆ ostensible; ⇆ seeming; ⇆ seemingly |
| skynbeeld | ⇆ idol; ⇆ simulacrum |
| skynbelasting | ⇆ dummy load |
| skynbeweging | ⇆ feint |
| skynboks | ⇆ shadow‐boxing |
| skyndeug | ⇆ feigned virtue |
| skyndood | ⇆ asphyxia; ⇆ asphyxiation; ⇆ apparent death; ⇆ suspended animation; ⇆ thanatoid; ⇆ trance |
| skynend | ⇆ glimmering; ⇆ lucent; ⇆ phosphorescent |
| skyngeleerd | ⇆ sciolistic |
| skyngeleerde | ⇆ sciolist; ⇆ smatterer |
| skyngeleerdheid | ⇆ sciolism |
| skyngestalte | ⇆ phase |
| skyngeveg | ⇆ sham fight; ⇆ mock‐fight |
| skynhofsaak | ⇆ mock trial |
| skynhoof | ⇆ figurehead |
| skynoorwinning | ⇆ Pyrrhic victory |
| skynparlement | ⇆ mock parliament |
| skynsedig | ⇆ prudish |
| skynsel | ⇆ blink; ⇆ glance; ⇆ gleam; ⇆ glimmering; ⇆ glint |
| skynskoon | ⇆ tawdry; ⇆ tinsel |
| skynuitval | ⇆ diversionary sally |
| skynverhoor | ⇆ mock trial |
| skynvertoning | ⇆ sham |
| skynvertoon | ⇆ mockery; ⇆ pageantry; ⇆ puppetry |
| skynvroom | ⇆ sanctimonious |
| skynvroomheid | ⇆ lip‐devotion; ⇆ prudery |
| skynwaarheid | ⇆ verisimilitude |
| skynwerper | ⇆ projector; ⇆ reflector |
| sonskyn | ⇆ sun; ⇆ sunshine |
| weerskyn | ⇆ reflection; ⇆ lustre |