| Afrikaans | Engels |
|---|
| maer | ⇆ angular; ⇆ attenuate; ⇆ bony; ⇆ gaunt; ⇆ jejune; ⇆ lank; ⇆ lanky; ⇆ lathlike; ⇆ lathy; ⇆ lean; ⇆ lean‐fleshed; ⇆ Lenten; ⇆ meagre; ⇆ scraggy; ⇆ scrawny; ⇆ skinny; ⇆ slender; ⇆ spare; ⇆ sparely; ⇆ starveling; ⇆ thin |
| so maer soos ’n kraai | ⇆ as thin as a lath; ⇆ as thin as a rake |
| brandmaer | ⇆ as thin as a lath; ⇆ raw‐boned; ⇆ scraggy; ⇆ skinny |
| maerheid | ⇆ jejuneness; ⇆ meagreness; ⇆ skinniness |
| maerte | ⇆ leanness; ⇆ meagreness; ⇆ scraginess; ⇆ spareness; ⇆ thinness |
| vermaer | ⇆ attenuate; ⇆ emaciate; ⇆ reduce |