!noab
About this item
Name in Khoekhoe or Nama
!noab
Name in Nǀuu
ka ǀqhoo (pl)
ǀqhooke (sing)
Name in C2 Naron or //Aikwe
!ko:a
!noab
!noe
!noi
Name in N1 //K''au-//en or Auen
!noi
!u:m
Name in N2a Hei //kum or Heikum
!noab
Name in N3 !O !kun
!kõ
Name in S1 /Xam
!xo:
gue
//gau
//gauxo
//gauxu
Name in S2 //Ŋ !ke
⎺/kwi:
Alternative Title
Hystrix africae-australis
Title
Porcupine
Name in Afrikaans
ystervark
Contained In
4.4.5
Identifier
35
comment
in Tswana and Northern Sotho it is noka, in Zulu, Shangaan, and Venda it is nungu, in Yei unungu, in Swazi it is ngungubane, and in Lozi it is sinuku. The name for porcupine quills is also discussed in this section.
Spatial Coverage
Ijzervark and Yzervarkpunt now Ystervarkpunt in the Western Cape, also encountered as Ystervarkkop, Ystervarkpan situated in the far northern and western regions of the Cape province, and Ystervarkvlei, a depression in the Northern Cape, 50 km south of Pofadder, most of these probably as translations of indigenous references. Manoko. This is the name of a hill near Taung, meaning ‘dwelling place of the porcupine’, and Manokwane, name of a settlement 5 km east of, and of a post office approximately 15 km south-east of Taung, explained as ‘place where porcupine lived’. Dinokwe in Botswana, a railway siding in the Central district, Baderukwe in the Limpopo province.
Is Part Of
The hoofed mammals: non-ruminants
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Name in Swati
ngungubane
Name in Tswana
noka
Name in Northern Sotho
noka
Name in Zulu
Shangaan
Name in Venda
nungu
