boet
Meanings
noun
- A brother; often prefixed informally to a man’s first name.
- A familiar form of address: pal, mate.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From Afrikaans boet (“brother, comrade”), from a Zealandic, West Flemish boet (“boy, youth”), probably a hypocoristic form of broeder (“brother”).
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