| Afrikaans | Engels |
|---|
| roer | ⇆ affect; ⇆ beat; ⇆ bestir; ⇆ gun; ⇆ helm; ⇆ melt; ⇆ move; ⇆ musket; ⇆ poke; ⇆ rifle; ⇆ rudder; ⇆ steerage; ⇆ stir |
| aan die roer staan | ⇆ be at the helm |
| die roer vat | ⇆ take the helm |
| die trom roer | ⇆ strike the drum |
| in rep en roer | ⇆ astir; ⇆ in commotion |
| in rep en roer bring | ⇆ rag |
| jou roer | ⇆ be quick about it |
| so reg soos ’n roer | ⇆ as fit as a fiddle; ⇆ fit as a fiddle; ⇆ in grand condition; ⇆ as right as rain |
| so reguit soos ’n roer | ⇆ as straight as a die |
| aanroer | ⇆ hint at; ⇆ mention; ⇆ notice; ⇆ touch; ⇆ touch on; ⇆ touch upon; ⇆ allude to; ⇆ stir up; ⇆ whip up; ⇆ hasten |
| beroer | ⇆ affect; ⇆ agitate; ⇆ disturb; ⇆ trouble |
| doppiesroer | ⇆ muzzle‐loader |
| duikroer | ⇆ immersion rudder |
| hoogteroer | ⇆ elevator |
| kruidjie‐roer‐my‐nie | ⇆ sensitive plant; ⇆ touch‐me‐not |
| noodroer | ⇆ jury‐rudder |
| omroer | ⇆ rummage; ⇆ stir; ⇆ stir up |
| patrysroer | ⇆ fowling‐piece |
| rigtingsroer | ⇆ rudder |
| roerbak | ⇆ pulp‐engine |
| roereiers | ⇆ scrambled eggs |
| roerganger | ⇆ helmsman |
| roerhaak | ⇆ pintle |
| roering | ⇆ commotion |
| roerkoning | ⇆ rudder‐head |
| roerloos | ⇆ unmoved |
| roermeter | ⇆ telltale |
| roeroog | ⇆ gudgeon |
| roerpen | ⇆ tiller |
| roerplantjie | ⇆ sensitive plant |
| roerspaan | ⇆ spatula |
| roerstang | ⇆ rabbler |
| roerstok | ⇆ agitator; ⇆ dasher; ⇆ whipstaff |