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Meaning of kus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
kœs

Definitions

  1. coast, shoreline, seashore
  2. kiss
  3. coastal region

Equivalents

English coast

Examples

“In 1862 word 'n pad vanaf die kopermyne na Hondeklipbaai aan die kus gebou.”

In 1862 a path from the copper mines to Hondeklip Bay at the coast is built.

“1984, Eugène Nielen Marais, Versamelde werke, Leon Rousseau (ed.), Van Schaik (publ.), page 930. Sy vou haar armpies om die ou man se nek maar in plaas van haar geheimpie te hoor, bedek hy die gesiggie met kusse.”

She wraps her short arms around the old man's neck, but instead of listening to her secret he covers her little face with kisses.

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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