1857_SKCPN

Komaggas

Komaggas

K 2917

Toponymica Hottentotica: A2 (H-Z)

17.5

-29.5

50 km radius

afr Gordon 1779 ms 2 4 '...Het andere water en kookfontein en by de berg (Floras cloof) van engelbregt, hiet Noegare...en loopt in zee: z.w. van Camaggas alles nu droog'. Alexander JE 1836 EDIA / 89 'I rode by Wild Paard Hoek...and the corn fields of Komakas (red clay), and arriving at the London Mission Station of that name, I was kindly received by...the Rev. Mr. Schmelen'. Hahn CH 1842 Reisen Moritz 29/4 164 'Von Kamaggas nach dem Damaralande...' (hofie van die redakteur.) Ibid. Tagebuch 'Gleich nachdem ich in Komaggas angekommen war...' Knudsen 1842 Reisen Moritz 29/4 137 'Dienstag...war der Tag unserer Abreise von Kommaggas'. Ibid. 163 'Komaggas' [maar die redakteur, prof. E Moritz, maak onderhofies en skryf dan deurgaans 'Kamaggas'.] Knudsen 1845 Nama-A.B.Z. =f=Kannis 16 'Kamaggas, Nama =f=Gammachas'. Andersson CJ 1852 Lake Ngami '...we arrived at Komaggas...' Kroenlein 1889 Wortschatz 97 ' =f=Gamaxas...in Klein-Namaland (falschlich Kommaggas geschrieben)'. Schultze 1904-5 ANUK 168 ' =f=Gamaxas, Kamaggas, ein Gartendorf von her- vorragender Fruchtbarkeit, benannt nach der braunen (=f=gama) Farbe der Felsen ringsum'. Laidler PW 1927 Man 148 ' =j= Kammagas: =f=kamma, brown; the Komaggas of today = brown mud'. [Sy Pǀ vir palatale schnalz herskryf as =(=.] SESA 1972 6 434 'Komaggas...is an oasis...with a strong spring. At the spot where the water rises, layered red slate occurs, which reminded the Namas of the manyplies of a ruminant. Hence the name could be explained as meaning ‘the maws of animals’ or ‘abundance of maws of animals’...(and) relies on the interpretation of koma-ga-s as derived from the Nama words ǀǀkhom-s (maw) and xa- (an abundance)...A well-known authority...believes...that Komaggas means ‘(at) the place where the many wild olives grow’...'

afr Hang hiervolgens saam met 11kho-s, by ǀǀkho = begrawe, en ǀǀkhowos. Dieself- de verklaring in die vorm van 'n Anmerkung in Quellen 2 60-1 (1929) by die herinneringe van die tagtigjarige Bergdama ǀUbeb.

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