| Afrikaans | Engels |
|---|
| slegmaak | ⇆ inveigh; ⇆ revile; ⇆ run down |
| maak | ⇆ make; ⇆ create; ⇆ do; ⇆ fabricate; ⇆ fix up; ⇆ render; ⇆ shape; ⇆ turn; ⇆ forge; ⇆ form; ⇆ frame; ⇆ incur; ⇆ making; ⇆ act; ⇆ wage; ⇆ work |
| sleg | ⇆ bad; ⇆ badly; ⇆ base; ⇆ common; ⇆ commonly; ⇆ damnable; ⇆ dark; ⇆ decayed; ⇆ depraved; ⇆ deteriorated; ⇆ distasteful; ⇆ drossy; ⇆ dud; ⇆ evil; ⇆ evilly; ⇆ reprobate; ⇆ third‐class; ⇆ fusty; ⇆ foul; ⇆ graceless; ⇆ imperfectly; ⇆ improper; ⇆ ill; ⇆ malicious; ⇆ mean; ⇆ misbegotten; ⇆ naught; ⇆ perverse; ⇆ poorly; ⇆ raze; ⇆ serious; ⇆ shoddy; ⇆ shy; ⇆ trashy; ⇆ unpalatable; ⇆ unsubstantial; ⇆ vicious; ⇆ villainous; ⇆ wicked |