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Ghoocou

Ghoocou

K 3323 BA

Toponymica Hottentotica: A1 (A-G)

23.625

-33.125

12.5 km radius

ou naam van Skerpkop en Spits Kop

eng Gordon 1778 ms 5 40 '... 'Ghoo' Cou Hiet de Berg that we left on the left when we passed Sa See.' [Under that name, system translation is enable:] 'Sherpe mountain' [vir 'sharp mountain'].

afr Gordon 1778 ms 5 40 '...’ghoo 'cou hiet de berg die wij op de linker zijde lieten toen wij Sa see passeerden'. [Onder die naam is sy vertaling in- gevoeg:] 'Sherpe berg' [vir 'Scherpe berg'].

eng His -'cou is for 'mountain', already in the form recorded in Old Cape by De Flacourt 1655 for 'Montagne', at Van Riebeeck 1660 Khoe 'One High Bergh' (cf. Hott 217-9 for other notes) . In Nama, the C or K (H) - globalize to ǀ onion. The first member is probably ╪Go = peak, in Nama, the whole 'Spitskop'. The accent signs represent suction consonants. The question we could not solve with certainty is whether the name in AFR. Form for this place further existǃ. We believe that this is the case. Gordon's SA Sea (above) and his sickness gap (cf. Forbes 1965 PTSA 84A and Map 15) is possibly one and the same. If so, it is located on K 3323, in the vicinity of current willmore. At K 3323 BA, about 8 km northeast of the town, the farm is peak head No. P.A.q.1-39, Dist. Willowmore, and on it is the siding of sharp head (cf. Topo Cadastral Series 1969 Skin 3322 Oudtshoorn). We believe this farm and siding topographically and linguistically correlate Gordon's GhooCou, and that the names are sharp-head and peak head translations of the old inland name GhooCou.

afr Sy -'cou is vir 'berg', reeds so in die vorm aangeteken in Ou-Kaaps deur De Flacourt 1655 vir 'montagne', by Van Riebeeck 1660 khoe 'een hoogen bergh' (vgl. HOTT 217-9 vir ander optekeninge). In Nama is die c- of k(h)- geglottaliseer tot ǀui-. Die eerste lid is waarskynlik ╪go = spits, in Nama, die geheel 'Spitskop'. Die aksenttekens verteenwoordig suigkonsonante. Die vraag wat ons nie met sekerheid kon oplos nie, is of die naam in Afr. vorm vir hierdie plek nog voortbestaanǃ. Ons meen dat dit tog wel die geval is. Gordon se Sa see (hierbo) en sy Saansee Kloof (vgl. Forbes 1965 PTSA 84A en kaart 15) is moontlik een en dieselfde. Indien wel, dan is dit geleë op K 3323, in die omgewing van die huidige Wil- lowmore. Op K 3323 BA, omtrent 8 km noordoos van die dorp is die plaas Spits Kop nr P.A.Q.1-39, dist. Willowmore, en daarop is die sylyn Skerpkop (vgl. Topo-kadastrale reeks 1969 vel 3322 Oudtshoorn). Ons meen dat hierdie plaas en sylyn topografies en taalkundig met Gordon se Ghoocou korreleer, en dat die name Skerpkop en Spits Kop vertalings van die ou inlandse naam Ghoocou is.

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