| Bad | A spring, bath. |
| Berg | A mountain. |
| Biltong | Dried meat. |
| Boer | Literally farmer; often used as generic term for a Dutchman of South Africa. |
| Brandwacht | An outpost, or picket; literally beacon or camp fire. |
| Bult | A ridge in a rolling down country; literally a hump. |
| Burg | A town; literally a borough. |
| Burgher | A male inhabitant of one of the Boer Republics who possessed full political rights. |
| Bush | Country covered in a varying degree with trees and undergrowth. |
| Bushveld | Generally used in the Transvaal in reference to the low veld, in contrast to the high veld of the south and east and the bushveld of the north-east and north. |
| Commandant | Senior officer of a commando; a commander. |
| Commandeer | To requisition for military service. |
| Commando | A Boer military force of any size, usually the fighting force of one district. |
| Corporal | Assistant to a Veld-Cornet (q.v.). |
| Donga | A cutting made on the surface of the ground by the action of water—sometimes filled with water, often dry. |
| Dopper | A sect, religious, and to some extent political, among the Boers. |
| Dorp | A village. |
| Drift | A ford. |
| Fontein | A spring; literally a fountain. |
| Hoek | A re-entrant in a range of hills; literally corner; also used for pass and ravine. |
| Hoofd | An adjective signifying head or chief. |
| Hout | Wood. |
| Impi | A Zulu army. |
| Indaba | Native council. |
| Induna | Zulu, or Kaffir, chief. |
| Inspan | To attach transport animals of any kind to their vehicles—to get ready to march—to harness-up. |
| Kloof | Ravine, a gorge; literally a cleft. |
| Kop | A hill; literally head. |
| Kopje | A small hill. |
| Kraal | Native village, or collection of huts; an enclosure for cattle. |
| Kranz, Krantz or Krans | Cliff. |
| Krijgsraad | War council. |
| Laager | Camp, bivouac. |
| Landdrost | Boer magistrate. |
| Morgen | A land measurement, roughly equal to two acres. |
| Nek | A pass between two hills of any height. |
| Pan | A pond, full or empty; a saucer-like depression, usually dry in winter. |
| Plaats | House or farm. The term is equivalent to “an estate,” large or small. |
| Pont | A ferry-boat or pontoon, worked by ropes or chains. |
| Poort | A gap, breaking a range of hills; literally gate. |
| Rand | Ridge or edge—i.e., the edge of a plateau. |
| Roer | An old-fashioned gun or rifle. |
| Sangar | Anglo-Indian term for a stone breastwork. |
| Schanz | Stone entrenchment or breastwork. |
| Sloot or Sluit | Open watercourse; an artificial ditch or gutter. |
| Span | A team of animals. |
| Spruit | A watercourse, sometimes dry. |
| Stad | Town. |
| Stoep | A masonry platform in front of a house; a verandah. |
| Trek | To travel—march. |
| Uitspan | To detach transport of any kind from their vehicles—to halt—to unharness. Used as a substantive to denote the public places on main roads set aside for watering cattle and encamping. |
| Vallei | Valley. |
| Vecht-general | Fighting General as opposed to the Administrative General. |
| Veld | The country as opposed to the town; the open country. |
| Veld-cornet | The senior officer of a ward or sub-district. |
| Vlei | A small lake, usually formed by the widening of a stream. |
| Volksraad | Parliament; People’s Council. |
| Wapenschouw | Rifle meeting. |
| Ward | Sub-district. |
| Wijk | Ward, constituency. |
| Winkel | Shop or store. |
| Zarp | A member of the Transvaal Police (Zuid-Afrikaansche-Republiek-Politie). |
| Zwart or Swart | Black. |