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Story: The name of a star in the Katkop dialect: the Hare's star
Title
The name of a star in the Katkop dialect: the Hare's star
Collection
Summary
The names of a number of Stars have been ascertained with the kind help of Mr. Maclear. Besides a separate alphabetical index to the Stars, the names of some are given in a supplementary list (B XXV. 2345–2347 and 2354); whilst another list in the Katkop dialect has not yet been identified on the map of the sky (L IV. –4. 3882 and 3901–3907). A short piece on the Hare's star (or !nau ka |kuatti) describing where it can be seen in January 1874.
Comments
1) See also Names of stars and Bushman names for the star Canopus, 2) This story is found in Book IV-4
Contributors
≠kasin (Klaas Katkop) (IV), Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)
Date
22 January 1874
Categories
Celestial bodies and aeroscopy
Keywords
star (the Hare's star) , star (the name of) , star (the Koranna name of) , star (its name in Katkop dialect is !nau ka |kuatti) , star (description of) , star (the Dutch or 'Boer' name of) , star (where it can be seen in January 1874) , name (of a star in the Katkop dialect) , name (the Hare's star or !nau ka |kuatti) , name (Koranna, of the star) , name (Dutch or 'Boer', of the star) , Hare (the Hare's star)
Story Pages
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