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Story: The calling of Ttuai-an's name
Title
The calling of Ttuai-an's name
Collection
Summary
Explanation of various personal names was given, in the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-10. 4751-4754, 4758-4777, 18. 5373 rev., 19. 5505 rev. and 5506 rev., 20. 5572 and 5573, 5605-5607). Also, by /han≠kass’o (L VIII.-1. 6092 and 6093, 28. 8470). |han≠kass'o's step-grandmother (Ttuai-an) was named after the ssuen ssuen (from 'Bushman rice') that the people collected, picking them off the ground to eat.
Comments
1) p.8469v: Ttuai-an's name and 'Bushman Rice's ssuen-ssuen', 2) This story is found in Book VIII-28
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
3 June 1879 (story given on or about)
Categories
Keywords
naming (of |han≠kass'o's step-grandmother, Ttuai-an) , names (of |xam) , names (accounting for the giving of Ttuai-an's) , names (of |han≠kass'o's relations) , |han≠kass'o (why his step-grandmother, Ttuai-an, was given her name) , |han≠kass'o (his personal history) , personal history (the naming of |han≠kass'o's step-grandmother, Ttuai-an)
Story Pages
8470
