Goab

Nama ǀ Gôa- = Child, and then descended the postalization without track.

About this item

Identifier
909_SKCPN
Title
Goab
Alternative Title
Goab
Georeference Sources
S 1818
Is Part Of
Toponymica Hottentotica: A1 (A-G)
longitude
18.5
latitude
-18.5
Measurement Accuracy
50 km radius
Source
eng Friederich HR 1974 Farmer questioned arc 'GOAB, Farm 760, Dist. Tsumeb. Name of a pan (Vley). There is a great GOAB and a small goab. Goab = child, so 'big child - little child'. The two pans are very different with the difference that the one is a big one, the second smaller. Asked by Old Bushmann. '
afr Friederich HR 1974 Farmer Fragenbogen 'Goab, Farm 760, dist. Tsumeb. Name von einer Pfanne (Vley). Es gibt ein grosser Goab und ein kleiner Goab. Goab = Kind, also ‘Grosses Kind — Kleines Kind’. Die beiden Pfannen iihneln sich sehr mit dem Unterschied, dass die eine grosser ist, die zweite kleiner. Von alten Buschmannern erfragt'.
Description
eng Nama ǀ Gôa- = Child, and then descended the postalization without track.
afr Nama ǀgôa- = kind, en dan het die nasalering sonder spoor weggeraak.
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