its not an Afrikaans word
There is no such word in Afrikaans, maybe you spelled it wrong.
The Afrikaans word "siprus" translates to "cypress" in English.
The word "a" in Afrikaans is spelled as " 'n". This is used as the indefinite article in Afrikaans to mean "a" or "an".
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If you mean in the sense of "Are you ready?" then the word is 'gereed'.
The Afrikaans word "single" means the same as in English, referring to a person who is not married or in a relationship.
The word "grappie" is Afrikaans for "joke".
lank is a slang word for "much" , a lot. <---- What the? The question was what is "lank" in Afrikaans, not East Rand slang. Lank = Tall or long
In Afrikaans, "Whitney" is typically translated as "Whitney." It does not have a specific meaning in the language beyond being a proper noun.
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