Quasidie, Kwas(S)I(E)Die(Rivier), Quassadie, Kwassadie, Kwassadie(Rivier)
The 'Quasage River' flows northwards over the farm 'Quasidie' No S.. Q. 13-11, Dist. Swellendam, and water east of Adventure and Stormsvlei in the Riviersonderend. 'Quasied 'On the corresponding topographical skin 1973, the name also appeared as' Quassadie '. On the eastern side of the lower part of the farm Quasidie and adjacent to it is' Luipaards Gorge ', farm No. S.. Leopards Gorge, on the farm 'spy head', rising the river 'Leopard Gorge' that fells nnw and in the Kwasside River - Set. Then 'Luipaards gorge' was greater than currently and included 'Spoon head'. We believe the whole area that includes 'Quasidie', 'Quassadie', 'Leopard Gorge' and 'Luipaards Gorge' forms a toponimic whole. 'Tier' is recorded in Old Cape as 'T Gwilou', 'Choassouw', ' Goassaauw ', etc. (Hott 480 SV Tier 1) that matches soundly with' Quas- (the) ',' brush (the) 'and' quasi (the) '. It seems that we here again, like so often in the past, the well-known pattern that a chronologically younger Dutch or Afrikaans (here 'leopard -' / 'lazy') name translated an older Khoekhoen name and that the Two names in addition to each other for different components of a name core group. The closing component of 'quasidie' or 'quasage'. nl. '-The', is like Nama -di / -ti and is whether the usual plural form of the Fern, or a genifetity of the tigers ' Gezeichnete Renner ', ie 'Ein Tiger'