lungsiekte, noun
- Forms:
- Also lung ziekt.
- Origin:
- DutchShow more Partial translation of Dutch longziekte, see long-ziekte.
obs., Pathology
lungsickness.
1859 ‘D.’ in Cape Monthly Mag. V. Feb. 107Here, you Cobus, take this horse. How are the oxen? none gone? no lungsiekte?
1937 H. Klein Stage Coach Dust 172A closer inspection disclosed that ‘Lungsiekte’ (lung disease) had broken out among the herd.
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