Kaykoop

Volgens Knudsen se stelsel te herskryf as ǀǀKawib, te lees as ǀǀGawi-b, ook ǀǀGabi-b, by Nama ǀǀGawe = skuilplek, bv. teen onweer of hitte (Kr.-R. 1969 NW 84), die -b in pleknoemende funksie, dus; die 'Plek (-b) om skuiling te soek (ǀǀgawe), Skuilplek'.

About this item

Identifier
1631_SKCPN
Title
Kaykoop
Alternative Title
Kaykoop
Georeference Sources
S 2819 BC
Is Part Of
Toponymica Hottentotica: A2 (H-Z)
longitude
19.625
latitude
-28.375
Measurement Accuracy
12.5 km radius
Notes about Name
nou Beenbreek
Source
afr Wikar 1779 VRV 15 46 'Van Kalagas na Kaaykoop getrokken'. Ibid. 48 '...en trokken van Kaykoop na Hougay...' [Ook elders genoem.l Mossop 1935 VRV 15 46 voetnoot 'Nama: Gei-ǀǀob or Big Death, the present Beenbreek'. Ibid. 5 '...and Beenbreek was Kaykoop or Gei-ǀǀop meaning Great Death'.
Description
afr Volgens Knudsen se stelsel te herskryf as ǀǀKawib, te lees as ǀǀGawi-b, ook ǀǀGabi-b, by Nama ǀǀGawe = skuilplek, bv. teen onweer of hitte (Kr.-R. 1969 NW 84), die -b in pleknoemende funksie, dus; die 'Plek (-b) om skuiling te soek (ǀǀgawe), Skuilplek'.
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