Gorabes

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Identifier
3708_SKCPN
Title
Gorabes
Alternative Title
Gorabes
Georeference Sources
S 2314 BA
Is Part Of
Toponymica Hottentotica: B (A-Z)
longitude
14.625
latitude
-23.125
Measurement Accuracy
12.5 km radius
Source
eng Budack KFR 1979 Ethnologist Report of Fieldwork 'Gorabes, an Inaraveld in the old bed of the Ikhuisb. Of Gorab = the crow (cf. OLPP 1888 Nama-Deutsches Worterbuch 42, Kreenley 1889 Wortschatz 109). 'Kraaiplek'. The suffix - According to Meinhof, they have a local meaning '.
afr Budack KFR 1979 Etnoloog Verslag van veldwerk 'Gorabes, ’n Inaraveld in die ou bedding van die IKhuiseb. Van gorab = die kraai (vgl. Olpp 1888 Nama-Deutsches Worterbuch 42, Kroenlein 1889 Wortschatz 109). ‘Kraaiplek’. Die suffiks -be het volgens Meinhof o.a. ’n lokale betekenis'.
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