versaak
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch verzaken, from Middle Dutch versāken, from Old Dutch farsacan, from Proto-West Germanic *frasakan (“to forsake, renounce”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
versaak (present versaak, present participle versakende, past participle versaak)
- (transitive) to renounce, to abandon
- (transitive) to neglect, to abandon