Gaigams
The member games are like Nama ǀǀ gam- = water, river; The GAI is probably not like Nama Gei [kai] = big, the 'river' is so small that he does not appear on the ordinary maps on S 1913 C, so we suspect that Gai- = nice, pleasant (ie not brackish), cf. Geigami, or 'pleasant' in another sentence, namely asǃ Kei = 'Koll' (Rust 1960 DNW 34), 'cold water site' or 'fountain', 'cooling source'.
About this item
Identifier
671_SKCPN
Title
Gaigams
Alternative Title
Gaigams
Georeference Sources
S 1913 C
Is Part Of
longitude
13.25
latitude
-19.75
Measurement Accuracy
25 km radius
Source
eng
Surveying page Sesfontein 'GAI-GAMS', River, Kaokoveld.
afr
Opmeting blad Sesfontein 'Gai-gams', rivier, Kaokoveld.
Description
eng
The member games are like Nama ǀǀ gam- = water, river; The GAI is probably not like Nama Gei [kai] = big, the 'river' is so small that he does not appear on the ordinary maps on S 1913 C, so we suspect that Gai- = nice, pleasant (ie not brackish), cf. Geigami, or 'pleasant' in another sentence, namely asǃ Kei = 'Koll' (Rust 1960 DNW 34), 'cold water site' or 'fountain', 'cooling source'.
afr
Die lid -gams is soos Nama ǀǀgam- = water, rivier; die gai is waarskynlik nie soos Nama gei [kai] = groot nie, die 'rivier' is so klein dat hy nie op die gewone kaarte op S 1913 C voorkom nie, daarom vermoed ons dat Gai- ver- staan moet word as ǃgai = lekker, aangenaam (d.i. nie brak nie), vgl. GEIGAMI, of 'aangenaam' in ’n ander sin, naamlik as ǃkei = 'kalt' (Rust 1960 DNW 34), 'Kouewaterplek' of '-fontein', 'Koelbron'.
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