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Gnutuais

Gnutuais

S 2317

Toponymica Hottentotica: A1 (A-G)

17.5

-23.5

50 km radius

ou naam van Swartmodder

eng Alexander JE 1837 EDIA 2 190 'Twelve miles [van 'Glenelg’s Bath'] brought us to the Konap or Dry River, and to the Diace in it called Gnutuais or Black Mud, where we found small pools of water...There is...a good store of copper at Gnutuais...'

afr Alexander JE 1837 EDIA 2 190 'Twelve miles [van 'Glenelg’s Bath'] brought us to the Konap or Dry River, and to the Diace in it called Gnutuais or Black Mud, where we found small pools of water...There is...a good store of copper at Gnutuais...'

eng The GNU is like Nama ╪nu = black. The second component also appears as a place name, and also there Alexander translates it with 'Mud', cf. Tuais. The name means Black Modder, but is another place than Keetmanshoop (cf. Nugoaes); From the quote it appears to be under the 20 km of the current Rehoboth. It appears on Schinz 1884-6's map in the same place and square as a new ╪Gois, just below Rehoboth, and translate 'Black Modder'; We believe this is the same place in the old addressiocher as a farm in the Dist. Rehoboth is called 'hybridgebiet' (1939).

afr Die Gnu- is soos Nama ╪nu = swart. Die tweede komponent verskyn ook al- leen as pleknaam, en ook daar vertaal Alexander dit met 'Mud', vgl. TUAIS. Die naam beteken Swartmodder, maar is ’n ander plek as Keetmanshoop (vgl. NUGOAES); uit die aanhaling blyk dit dat dit onder die 20 km van die huidige Rehoboth af le. Dit verskyn op Schinz 1884-6 se kaart op dieselfde plek en vierkant as ╪Nu-╪goais, net onderkant Rehoboth, en vertaal 'Swartmodder'; ons meen dat dit dieselfde plek is wat in die ou Adressbiicher as ’n plaas in die dist. Rehoboth voorkom, genoem 'Basterdgebiet' (1939).

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