Ramkie
The name rests on a parable that the mountain on Taaiboskraal (part of the old Modderfontein on 3018 CD) with a musical instrument with bow and string, a name originally from Portuguese (and literally means 'little violin') but taken over in Afrikaans and also in Khoekhoen, then as Ramki-b. The Khoekhoen was particularly attracted to the string tool, and the mountain name was probably given by them by way of survival.
About this item
Identifier
4661_SKCPN
Title
Ramkie
Alternative Title
Ramkie
Georeference Sources
K 3018 C
Is Part Of
longitude
18.25
latitude
-30.75
Measurement Accuracy
25 km radius
Source
eng
Archer Rre 1978 Boer questionnaire per C Burger Principal 'Ramkie - a mountain on the farm, so called because it looks like a 'ram'.
afr
Archer RRE 1978 Boer Vraelys per CR Burger Skoolhoof 'Ramkie — 'n berg op die plaas, so genoem omdat dit soos 'n ‘ramkie’ lyk'.
Description
eng
The name rests on a parable that the mountain on Taaiboskraal (part of the old Modderfontein on 3018 CD) with a musical instrument with bow and string, a name originally from Portuguese (and literally means 'little violin') but taken over in Afrikaans and also in Khoekhoen, then as Ramki-b. The Khoekhoen was particularly attracted to the string tool, and the mountain name was probably given by them by way of survival.
afr
Die naam berus op ’n gelykenis wat die berg op Taaiboskraal (deel van die ou Modderfontein op 3018 CD) het met ’n musiekinstrument met boog en snaar, ’n naam wat oorspronklik uit Portugees kom (en letterlik beteken ‘klein viooltjie’) maar oorgeneem is in Afrikaans en ook in Khoekhoen, dan as ramki-b. Die Khoekhoen was besonder aangetrokke tot die snaar- instrument, en die bergnaam is vermoedelik deur hulle by wyse van oor- drag daaraan gegee.
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