!khao
About this item
Name in Khoekhoe or Nama
!khao
Name in C1 Hie or Hiet∫ware or Masarwa
kubu
Name in N3 !O !kun
nguvu
Alternative Title
Hippopotamus amphibius
Title
Hippopotamus
Contained In
4.2
Identifier
29
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Its names in the African languages as indicated by Walker (1996:140-141) are i.a.: mvubu, mvuvu in the Nguni languages
in Ndebele imvubu
Shangaan and Tsonga Yei language as umvuva. All these names appear to be pronunciation and spelling variants of the same sound-associative Bushman designations nguvu and kubu.
Spatial Coverage
Levubu, Luvhuvhu, Mzimvubu and the Umzimvubu River as ‘home of the hippopotamus’. Zeekoeivlei, Zeekoeihoek, Zeekoeigat. This is in Cape Town. Bakubung refers to a game farm and bush lodge in the North West. Luvuvhu River in Limpopo in the Vhembe district, Okozongutu is the name of a farm in the Okahandja district.
Is Part Of
The hoofed mammals: non-ruminants
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