ǀHôaǃāb

Vgl. =j=goma = 'winden, drehen, drechseln' (Kr.-R. 1969 NW 133), dus 4=gomarisen = 'sich iiberschlagen, iiberrollen', hier dan enersyds met die wisseling -u- en -o-, en andersyds met -h- en -g-, wat gewoon is, nl. in hum- en gom-, vgl. 5 C 4.

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Identifier
1373_SKCPN
Title
ǀHôaǃāb
Alternative Title
Hunca
Georeference Sources
K 3226 DD
Is Part Of
Toponymica Hottentotica: A2 (H-Z)
longitude
26.875
latitude
-32.875
Measurement Accuracy
12.5 km radius
Notes about Name
by uitwatering in Grootvisrivier (ou naam van Katrivier)
Name in Khoekhoe or Nama
ǀHôaǃāb**
ǀHôaǃāb
Source
afr Van Reenen J 1790 VRV 5 151 'This day we travelled seven hours, to the Kat river, or Kaffer’s or Hottentot’s Hunca river'. Pettman 1931 SAPN 35-6 'Beutler mentions in his ‘Journal’ (1752) ‘een ander revier, de Katte-rivier genaamt, die in de Visch revier uijtloopt...' Beutler, however, fails to give us the Hottentot name of the river, fortunately this is furnished us by Van Reenen.,.(ǀhoas, a cat; lab, a river); the Dutch simply translated the Hottentot name'.
Description
afr Vgl. =j=goma = 'winden, drehen, drechseln' (Kr.-R. 1969 NW 133), dus 4=gomarisen = 'sich iiberschlagen, iiberrollen', hier dan enersyds met die wisseling -u- en -o-, en andersyds met -h- en -g-, wat gewoon is, nl. in hum- en gom-, vgl. 5 C 4.
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