grou

grou (attributive grou or groue, comparative grouer, superlative grouste)

1. grey, ash-coloured; dull white; dull black

   Die grou môrelig

   The ash-coloured/grey morning light.

2. very old and long ago

   Dis in die groue verlede.

   It is in the distant past.

3. sombre, sad, sorrowful, bleak

   Die toekoms lyk grou.

   The future looks bleak.

4. monotonous, humdrum

• (monotonous): eentonig
• (monotonous): saai

• grouheid

grou (present grou, present participle grouende, past participle gegrou)

1. to dig
2. to rummage or to search for something either for the sake of finding something or out of curiosity

• (to dig): grawe
• (to rummage): krap

From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Latin grūs, gruem (“crane”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin *gruum).

grou m (plural grous)

1. crane (bird)

• grúa

From Old Portuguese gru, from Latin grūs, gruem (“crane”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin *gruum), from *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).

grou m (plural grous, feminine grua, feminine plural gruas)

1. crane (large, long-legged and long-necked birds)

• grua