Notebooks
Story: Names of stars: given by ≠kasin and Dia!kwain
Title
Names of stars: given by ≠kasin and Dia!kwain
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). The |xam names of stars and constellations given by ≠kasin and Dia!kwain (while looking up at the sky at night).
Comments
1) See also The name of a star in the Katkop dialect: the Hare's star and Names for the star 'Canopus' and Names of stars, 2) Pages 3908-3968 in this notebook are blank, 3) This story is found in Book IV-4
Contributors
≠kasin (Klaas Katkop) (IV), Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)
Date
23 January 1874 (started)
Categories
Celestial bodies and aeroscopy, Custom and daily life
Keywords
stars (the names of, given by ≠kasin and Dia!kwain) , stars (and customs and daily life) , stars (and people) , stars (and animals) , stars (the names used by men and women) , stars (and seasons) , stars (and weather) , stars (and food eaten by |xam) , stars (the colour of) , stars (Koranna names of) , stars (names of) , stars (Dutch or 'Boer' names of) , stars (|xam names of) , stars (descriptions of) , stars (Magellan Clouds) , stars (the Milky Way) , stars (the Southern Cross) , stars (Orion's Belt) , stars (constellations) , stars (Orion's Belt) , astronomy (of |xam) , astronomy (the names of stars given by ≠kasin and Dia!kwain) , food (and stars) , food (and the names of stars given by ≠kasin and Dia!kwain) , names (of stars given by ≠kasin and Dia!kwain) , names (of stars used by men and women) , names (Koranna, for stars) , names (Dutch or 'Boer', for stars) , names (|xam, of stars) , Koranna (names of stars given by ≠kasin) , Dutch (or 'Boer' names of stars)
Story Pages
3901-3907
