Talk:Kraal

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Etymology

The official Dutch dictionary quotes the following for

fraai gevormd stukje glas, hout enz. met een gat erin, ter versiering
bolrond voorwerpje => oog
omgebogen rand of verdikking van een dunne metalen plaat
omsloten ruimte voor vee
Afrikaans dorp

1-2 equal to bead, and 3 means a round edge on a metal plate.

However, 4 means "enclosed space for lifestock" and 5 "African village".

I looked it up because I knew in Dutch "Kraal" can have meaning 4. The question remains if the Boers got it from Dutch/Flemish, or the otherway around, since the web dict doesn't provide ethymology. For that you need the official dictionary with ethymology (Dikke van Dale) 15:41, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Common usage?

Is kraal sometimes used like "camp" is in Australia to refer to bush communities? for example, "camp dogs" being dogs living around bush communities. It's not used of people, but only things and animals associated with casual or out of town groups. Manytexts (talk) 00:22, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]