boorwater

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of boor +‎ water.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈboːrˌʋaː.tər/
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Hyphenation: boor‧wa‧ter

Noun

boorwater n (uncountable)

(chemistry) boric acid solution [from late 19th c.]
Synonym: boorzuurwater

Descendants

→ Indonesian: boorwater
→ Papiamentu: borwater
→ West Frisian: boarwetter (calque)

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch boorwater.

Noun

boorwater (first-person possessive boorwaterku, second-person possessive boorwatermu, third-person possessive boorwaternya)

(chemistry) boric acid solution

Further reading

“boorwater” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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