gumpaauw, noun
- Forms:
- Also gum pauw.
- Plurals:
- unchanged.
- Origin:
- South African DutchShow more Partial translation of South African Dutch gompaauw, see gompou.
obs.
The kori, Ardeotis kori.
1838 J.E. Alexander Exped. into Int. II. 141Here a gum pauw, or bustard, which subsists partly on gum, was shot, which measured eight feet and a half between the extremities of the wings.
1958 A. Jackson Trader on Veld 64Among the birds were the Namaqua partridge,..a few ‘gumpaauw’ (bustard) [etc.].
The kori, Ardeotis kori.
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