| Afrikaans | Engels |
|---|
| buig | ⇆ arch; ⇆ bend; ⇆ bob; ⇆ bow; ⇆ buckle; ⇆ crook; ⇆ curve; ⇆ decline; ⇆ deflect; ⇆ diffract; ⇆ flex; ⇆ hinge; ⇆ hunch; ⇆ incline; ⇆ incurve; ⇆ inflect; ⇆ lean; ⇆ lower; ⇆ move; ⇆ stoop |
| afbuig | ⇆ bend down; ⇆ deviate |
| afdwaal | ⇆ stray; ⇆ deviate; ⇆ digress; ⇆ divagate; ⇆ err; ⇆ gad; ⇆ lose the thread; ⇆ ramble; ⇆ swerve; ⇆ wander; ⇆ aberrate |
| buigbaar | ⇆ bendable; ⇆ ductile; ⇆ flexible; ⇆ inflective; ⇆ pliable; ⇆ supple |
| buigbreuk | ⇆ flex break; ⇆ greenstick fracture |
| buiging | ⇆ bent; ⇆ bob; ⇆ bow; ⇆ courtesy; ⇆ curtsy; ⇆ curvature; ⇆ curve; ⇆ deflection; ⇆ diffraction; ⇆ dip; ⇆ reverence; ⇆ flexion; ⇆ flexure; ⇆ inclination; ⇆ incurvation; ⇆ inflexion; ⇆ modulation |
| buigpunt | ⇆ inflexion point |
| buigsaam | ⇆ adaptable; ⇆ compliable; ⇆ ductile; ⇆ flexible; ⇆ flexile; ⇆ limber; ⇆ limp; ⇆ lissom; ⇆ lithe; ⇆ lithesome; ⇆ malleable; ⇆ pliable; ⇆ supple; ⇆ tractable; ⇆ yielding |
| buigspier | ⇆ flexor |
| draadbuier | ⇆ wire‐bender |
| gebuig | ⇆ aquiline; ⇆ crooked; ⇆ curved; ⇆ geniculate; ⇆ geniculated; ⇆ hooked; ⇆ prone |
| neerbuig | ⇆ bow down; ⇆ condescend |
| ombuig | ⇆ double |
| verbuig | ⇆ bend; ⇆ decline; ⇆ distort; ⇆ inflect |
| vooroorbuig | ⇆ stoop |
| wegbuig | ⇆ deflect |