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Quenoncha

Quenoncha

K 3228

Toponymica Hottentotica: A2 (H-Z)

28.5

-32.5

50 km radius

ou naam van Kwenxura

eng Beutler 1752 GM RZA 3 304 'Totdat Wy Quaamen by de area Quenoncha Anders Humans Genaam ...'

afr Beutler 1752 GM RZA 3 304 'totdat wy quaamen by de reviere Quenoncha anders Menschenooren genaamt...'

eng Forbes 1965 PTSA 17 identifies Quenoncha with the current Kwenurha, located on the route of the NaNhoon River to the Kei. It occurs that the name Kwenurha [read: Kwenxura] is the versegiverside form of the Khoekhoen name. Ingredients of Quenoncha are khoe (n) - (comm, pi.) = 'People', ǀǀ now- = over, and -XA = Many, abundant, each time compared to the current Nama (for Old Cape look hott 385 and 409), therefore, the place of 'many people'. However, it can only mean 'people-ears', such as Beutler, viz. from Khoe (n) - = people, and ǀǀ now-gua, at Beutler reproduced as -noncha, d.w.s. The second - reflects the nationality of the vowel -6, and the -cha reflects the ml. MV. -Gu plus the reinforcing exit -a. The leading cause for the strange name was lost to us.

afr Forbes 1965 PTSA 17 identifiseer Quenoncha met die huidige Kwenurha, geleë op die roete van die Nahoonrivier na die Kei. Dit kom voor dat die naam Kwenurha [lees: Kwenxura] die verbantoeiseerde vorm van die Khoekhoen- naam is. Bestanddele van Quenoncha is khoe(n)- (comm, pi.) = 'mense', ǀǀnou- = oor, en -xa = baie, volop aan, telkens vergeleke met die huidige Nama (vir Ou-Kaaps kyk HOTT 385 en 409), dus: die plek van 'Baie Mens- ore'. Dit kan egter ook net beteken 'Mense-ore', soos by Beutler, nl. uit khoe(n)- = mense, en ǀǀnou-gua, by Beutler weergegee as -noncha, d.w.s. die tweede -n- reflekteer die nasaliteit van die klinker -6-, en die -cha reflekteer die ml. mv. -gu plus die versterkende uitgang -a. Die aanleidende oorsaak vir die vreemde naam het vir ons verlore gegaan.

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