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Story: Words and sentences: at the Museum, 24 September 1880 (!nauxa and !khannumup)
Title
Words and sentences: at the Museum, 24 September 1880 (!nauxa and !khannumup)
Collection
Summary
!nauxa and !khannumup (at the South African Museum) give words and sentences in |xam (on the recto pages) and in !Ora ('Hottentot') on the opposite pages. These are largely the names of plants and animals and some descriptions of their habits or appearance.
Comments
1) p.10 318v: see !khannumup (or Petros Willems): his personal history, 2) p.10 229v: !nauxa did not know the name for a special digging-stick stone – people did not appear to use them in their part of the country; !khannumup seemed to know of their use (in response to stones on display in the museum), 2) This story is found in Book XVI-1
Contributors
!nauxa (XVI) (Willem), !khannumup (Petros Willems)
Date
24 September 1880
Categories
Keywords
words and sentences (given at the SA museum) , words and sentences (given by !nauxa and !khannumup) , words and sentences (in |xam) , words and sentences (in !Ora, or 'Hottentot') , vocabulary (|xam) , vocabulary (!Ora, or 'Hottentot') , vocabulary (given by !nauxa and !khannumup) , Hottentot (!Ora) , Hottentot (words and sentences given by !khannumup)
Story Pages
10 319- 10 332
