KOPJE (pronounced copy) (d), a hill (literally a little head).
KRAAL (pronounced in English crawl) (d), an enclosure for cattle, sheep, etc, a corral; also a collection of native huts, the home of a family, the village of a chief or tribe.
KRANS (d), often spelt KRANTZ (German) (D. krans, a circlet or crown), a precipitous face or coronet of rock on a hill or mountain.
LAGAVAAN, a huge water lizard, the monitor. Cape Dutch, lagewaan (pure Dutch, laguaan) (Varanus niloticus). Maximum length up to 8 feet.
LOOPER, round shot for fowling-piece, about four times the size of buck shot.
MARULA, in Zulu UMGANO, a tree which furnishes soft white wood, which is carved into bowls, spoons, etc; fruit eaten or fermented for drink (Sclerocarya caffra).
MEERKAT (d), a small animal of the mongoose kind (properly applied to Suricata tetradactyla, but loosely to several species).
MIDDLEVELD, properly MIDDELVELD (d), the mixed country lying between the High veld and the Bushveld.
NEK-STROP (d), the neck-strap, or reim, which, attached to the yokeskeys, keeps the yoke in place.
NIX (d), nothing (from D. niets).