Etymology

vaaljapie

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Today it means: Very raw young wine, usually with sediment. Full definition →

Afrikaans [Term?] ← Dutch vaal
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromvaal“pale, cloudy”
  2. Afrikaans · borrowed from[Term?]
  3. English todayvaaljapie

From Afrikaans [Term?], from Dutch vaal (“pale, cloudy”) + japie (“Jack or Jim”).

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