| Afrikaans | English |
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| bou | ⇆ anatomy; ⇆ build; ⇆ cast; ⇆ conformation; ⇆ construct; ⇆ construction; ⇆ contexture; ⇆ engineer; ⇆ erect; ⇆ fabric; ⇆ ground; ⇆ make; ⇆ mechanism; ⇆ put up; ⇆ raise; ⇆ rely; ⇆ structure; ⇆ texture |
| bou op | ⇆ rely on |
| aanbou | ⇆ additionals; ⇆ annex; ⇆ construction; ⇆ build on; ⇆ culture; ⇆ add by building |
| aartappelbou | ⇆ potato cultivation |
| afbou | ⇆ stope; ⇆ stoping; ⇆ finish |
| akkerbou | ⇆ agriculture; ⇆ tillage; ⇆ tilth |
| bebou | ⇆ built‐up; ⇆ cultivate; ⇆ culture; ⇆ cultured; ⇆ farm; ⇆ improve; ⇆ labour; ⇆ under the plough; ⇆ till |
| bobou | ⇆ superstructure |
| bosbou | ⇆ forestry |
| boubaas | ⇆ master builder |
| bouer | ⇆ builder; ⇆ constructor; ⇆ framer; ⇆ wright |
| boumeester | ⇆ architect; ⇆ builder; ⇆ constructor; ⇆ master builder; ⇆ master mason |
| bouopsigter | ⇆ clerk of works; ⇆ clerk of the works; ⇆ work’s‐clerk |
| bourekenaar | ⇆ quantity surveyor |
| bousel | ⇆ structure |
| boustaalwerk | ⇆ structural steelwork |
| boustof | ⇆ material |
| boutrein | ⇆ construction train |
| bouval | ⇆ ruin; ⇆ ruins |
| bouvereniging | ⇆ building society |
| bouvoorman | ⇆ foreman of works |
| bouwerk | ⇆ construction; ⇆ constructional work; ⇆ erection; ⇆ structure |
| bowebou | ⇆ superstructure |
| dagbou | ⇆ open mining |
| diepbou | ⇆ underground engineering |
| eenlêerbou | ⇆ monospar construction |
| galerybou | ⇆ drifting |
| graanbou | ⇆ cereal culture |
| grofgebou | ⇆ large of limb; ⇆ large‐limbed |
| hawebou | ⇆ harbour construction |
| inbou | ⇆ fit |
| katoenbou | ⇆ cotton culture |
| koringbou | ⇆ grain culture |
| landbou | ⇆ agriculture; ⇆ farming; ⇆ husbandry |
| masjienbou | ⇆ engine‐construction; ⇆ mechanical engineering |
| mengbou | ⇆ composite construction |
| mynbou | ⇆ mining |
| nasiebou | ⇆ nation‐building |
| nesbouery | ⇆ nidification |
| ombou | ⇆ convert; ⇆ reconstruct; ⇆ reconstruction |
| onderbou | ⇆ bottoming; ⇆ foundation; ⇆ substruction |
| opbou | ⇆ build up; ⇆ edify; ⇆ raise; ⇆ upraise |
| roofbou | ⇆ continuous cropping; ⇆ overcropping |
| sinsbou | ⇆ construction |
| skeepsbou | ⇆ shipbuilding |
| skulpbou | ⇆ monocoque construction |
| sonebou | ⇆ zoning |
| spoorbou | ⇆ railway construction |
| spoorwegbou | ⇆ railway construction |
| streekbou | ⇆ zoning |
| streepbou | ⇆ ribbon development |
| strookbou | ⇆ ribbon building |
| stroopbou | ⇆ longwall |
| swaargebou | ⇆ lusty; ⇆ stalwart |
| tabakbou | ⇆ tobacco‐culture |
| toebou | ⇆ build in |
| tuinbou | ⇆ gardening; ⇆ horticulture |
| uitbou | ⇆ annex |
| verbou | ⇆ alter; ⇆ cultivate; ⇆ rebuild; ⇆ grow; ⇆ raise; ⇆ rear |
| versbou | ⇆ versification |
| vlasbou | ⇆ flax culture; ⇆ flax‐growing; ⇆ flax‐raising |
| vlootbou | ⇆ naval construction |
| vrugtebou | ⇆ orcharding |
| waterboukuns | ⇆ hydrotechnics |
| werwelbou | ⇆ vertebration |
| wisselbou | ⇆ convertible husbandry; ⇆ rotation of crops |
| wynbou | ⇆ vine‐culture; ⇆ viniculture; ⇆ viticulture; ⇆ wine‐growing |