| Afrikaans | Engels |
|---|
| styf | ⇆ buckram; ⇆ clear‐starch; ⇆ formal; ⇆ fresh; ⇆ frigid; ⇆ frozen; ⇆ hard; ⇆ laboured; ⇆ prim; ⇆ proud; ⇆ rigid; ⇆ set; ⇆ square‐toed; ⇆ starchy; ⇆ stark; ⇆ stiff; ⇆ stiff‐backed; ⇆ taut; ⇆ tense; ⇆ tight; ⇆ torpid; ⇆ tough; ⇆ unbending; ⇆ wooden |
| halfstyf | ⇆ semi‐rigid |
| stokstyf | ⇆ as stiff as a poker; ⇆ stark and stiff; ⇆ stiff and stark |
| styfgaas | ⇆ foundation‐muslin; ⇆ foundation‐net |
| styfheid | ⇆ crick; ⇆ torpor; ⇆ rigidity; ⇆ starch; ⇆ starchiness; ⇆ stiffness; ⇆ stolidity; ⇆ torpidity |
| styfhoofdig | ⇆ headstrong; ⇆ opinionated; ⇆ opinionative |
| styfkoppig | ⇆ headstrong; ⇆ obstinate |
| styfkramp | ⇆ tetanus; ⇆ lockjaw |
| styflinne | ⇆ dressing |
| styfsel | ⇆ starch |
| styfte | ⇆ rigidity; ⇆ stiffness |
| stywe | ⇆ starch; ⇆ stiffen; ⇆ strengthen |
| stywerig | ⇆ stiffish |
| stywesiekte | ⇆ stiffness‐sickness |
| stywesiektebossie | ⇆ rattle‐bush |
| verstyf | ⇆ chill; ⇆ numb; ⇆ stiff; ⇆ torpify |