X See: Sjambok
https://doi.org/10.25159/0256-5986/5538 s sambok n, D/Afk, x see: sjambok sassaby n, Tsw, x see: tsessebe schaapsteker n, D/ Afk, x see: skaapsteker silvie n, E, + coll see: blinkvis simba n, Swahili, + coll equ~v of 'lion'; also used as proper n for a lion similarly pronunc [ , s 1 m e 1e li] + [ s 1 m e li] x single used to give emphasis to a statement may be ambiguous, eg 'Every single man will be given a gift' could mean that married men will be excepted sink pronunc & sp [ 1 SIIJk] a kitchen or scullery basin with a drain; zinc [z I rJ k] is a metal sis! int, D/ Afk, x exclamation of disgust, fr Afk 'sies' the equiv of 'phew! , ugh! ' sjambok n, D/Afk, + alt: sambok short plaited leather whip or thick strip of leather, usu made of hippopotamus or rhinoceros hide 1 skaamhaai n, D/Afk, x see: ~kaamoog (ii) skaamoog (i) n, D/ Afk, x (Haploblepharus fuscus) alt: dogfish marine fish found in shallow water along the coast fr Durban to Port Nolloth skaamoog (ii) n, D/ Afk, x (Holohalaelurus regani) alt: Izak, lazyshark, leopardshark, skaamhaai, tigershark common marine fish found fr Port Nolloth to the Natal coast skaamoog (iii) n, D/Afk, x (Haploblepharus edwardsi) alt: dogfish, pofadderhaai, marine fish found in shallow water fr Port Nolloth to Durban skaap n, D/ Afk, x lit Afk 'sheep'; ~pplied to a person who speaks or acts foolishly skaapbossie n, D / Afk, ? see: anker karoo skaapsteker n, D/Afk, + alt: schaapsteker any of several non-aggressive & generally harmless backfanged Afr snakes; the spotted skaapsteker (Psammophylax rhombeatus)
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