1939_SKCPN

Kowie

Kowie

K 3326 DB by uitmonding

Toponymica Hottentotica: A2 (H-Z)

26.875

-33.625

12.5 km radius

by uitmonding

afr Wentzel se kaart van Beutler se reis 1752 'Touwi'. Leister 1779 kaart nr 6 Koeman 1952 'De Touwe Rivier'; Fredrici 1789-90 kaart nr 7 Koeman 1952 'Touwi Riv:' Van Jaarsveld A 1781 in Moodie Record 3 111 [in vertalingǃ 'Attacked the Captains..., lying at the Thouhie (Kowie?) on this side of Great Fish River...' ǀDie ronde hakies van Moodie], Anon 1793 in Botha 1927 PNCP 161 'The name of the Kowie River appears in 1793 as 'tKowie and I am informed by Sir Walter Stanford...that it is derived from a Kaffir word Qohi meaning a pipe. Along the banks grew trees from which the natives made their pipes'. Barrow 1797 AT1S / 181 '...the Kowie, which falls into the sea a little to the eastward of the Kareeka'. Lichtenstein 1803-6 kaart 'Kawihe'. Collins 1809 in Moodie Record 5 49 'the Kowie' (ook 9 en 52). Chase JC 1838 kaart 'Kowie R'. Ibid. 1843 Cape 18 ens. 'Kowie'. Arrowsmith J 1848 kaart 'Glen Coyle or Kowie or Kromme R.' Pettman 1931 SAPN 26 [se die naam 'was often spelt Cowie', daarom het somrnige gemeen dit is so genoern na dr Cowie, distriksgeneesheer, maar die naam van die rivier is ouer], 'The name appears to be a European corruption of the Kaffir name iQoyi, which itself would appear to be a Bantu corruption of the Hottentot =j=Kuwi, meaning noisy, rushing. A branch of the Mancazana River, bears the same name, but it is also known as the Kromme Rivier'.

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