witogie, noun
/ˈvətʊəxi/
- Forms:
- Also witoog, and (formerly) witteoogje.
- Origin:
- South African Dutch, DutchShow more South African Dutch, from Dutch wit white + oog eye + diminutive suffix -ie.
white-eye.
c1808 C. von Linné System of Nat. Hist. VIII. 455The White-eyed Warbler...The Dutch at the Cape, and the Hottentot settlers, call it glass-oog, glass-eye, or wit-oog, white-eye.
1974 P. Clarke in S. Gray On Edge of World 35Witoogies, hiding in trees and hedges, little white eyes showing.
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