Gamigab

So mean in fact 'delicious wave'. DIST. Bethanien, south of town.

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Identifier
705_SKCPN
Title
Gamigab
Alternative Title
Gamigab
Georeference Sources
S 2617
Is Part Of
Toponymica Hottentotica: A1 (A-G)
longitude
17.5
latitude
-26.5
Measurement Accuracy
50 km radius
Source
eng Schultze 1904-5 Anuk 166 'ǀ Gami-giving, a grazing field near Brakwater. The grass (gave) here is so rich that the grazing livestock does not continue, but in a narrow area back and again, icken pasture (ǀ Gami). '
afr Schultze 1904-5 ANUK 166 'ǀGami-gab, ein Weidefeld unweit Brakwater. Das Gras (ǀgab) steht hier so reich, dass das weidende Vieh nicht fortwandert, sondern auf engem Gebiet hin- und wieder zuriickweidet (ǀgami).'
Description
eng So mean in fact 'delicious wave'. DIST. Bethanien, south of town.
afr Beteken dus in feite 'lekkerweiding'. Dist. Bethanien, suidelik van dorp.
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