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Dutch
Etymology
From weer (“man, were”) + jaguar (“jaguar”), calque of English werejaguar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋeːrˌdʒɛ.ɡu.ɑr/, /ˈʋeːrˌdʒɛ.ɡu.ər/
- Hyphenation: weer‧ja‧gu‧ar
Noun
weerjaguar m (plural weerjaguars, diminutive weerjaguartje n)
- werejaguar
- 2007, D. van Ouwerkerk (ed.), Mexico, in ANWB Navigator, ANWB, 27.
De transmutatie van de mens in een wolf of weerwolf (half mens, half wolf) is een geliefd thema in horrorfilms en -boeken, maar de Olmeken vereerden dergelijke wezens al vele eeuwen geleden, zoals blijkt uit het vaak terugkerende motief van de weerjaguar (half mens, half jaguar) in hun beelden en keramiek.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2015 March 4, Willy De Buck, “Verloren stad vol goud ontdekt in jungle”, in Het Nieuwsblad: