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Name in Khoekhoe or Nama
//gō-s
gomas
Name in Nǀuu
gumke (pl)
gum (sing)
Name in N1 //K''au-//en or Auen
gomi⎺di
Name in N2 !kun or Ku or Kung
gumi
Name in N3 !O !kun
_gomi (cow cattle)
Name in S2 //Ŋ !ke
xoro
xama
Name in S5 Masarwa or Sesarwa
gome //gai
Name in S6 /Nu //en
gume //kai
Alternative Title
Bos taurus
Title
Domesticated Cows
Contained In
5.1.1
Identifier
36
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Khoekhoe as gomab, from Bantu languages such as the Herero designation for cattle i.a. ngombe-, the Nguni named them izinkomo, Northern Sotho and Tswana have kgomo
Spatial Coverage
The river, settlement and post office named as, M’lapakgomo, are situated in the area of Mhala, 15 km north-east of Thulamahashe, Limpopo province. Mpumalanga with spelling Mlapakgomo which lies in the Bushbuckridge magisterial district. Kgomo-Kgomo, a post office 14 km west of Makapanstad, in the Moretele magisterial district of the North West province. Lebowakgomo is a town 44 km south of Polokwane (Pietersburg). In Namibia many Damara, Nama and Herero place names indicate cattle, for example, Gomatum explained as ‘the cattle river’ in Kaokoveld, in the Orupembe region. Gomakukaus, a Damara name explained as ‘ox fountain’, the feature situated in the Damaraland/Kaokoveld region.
Is Part Of
Hoofed mammals: bovines, giraffe and antelope
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