Notebooks
Story: Greetings among the Bushmen (and times of the day)
Title
Greetings among the Bushmen (and times of the day)
Collection
Summary
Forms of Salutation used by Bushmen. By /han≠kass’o (L VIII.-32. 8853-8857, 8852 rev.). Men and women as well as the young and the old greet in different ways. There are expressions for saluting one another (called kuanna-i), and greetings made by people who are comfortable or not (and avoid saluting one another).
Comments
1) p.8853v: an example of a salutation or kuanna-i (a greeting), 2) This story is found in Book VIII-32
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
30 November 1879 (started)
Categories
Words and sentences, Custom and daily life
Keywords
greetings (and forms of salutation) , greetings ('saluting) , greetings (used by those who are not comfortable) , greetings ('Oh Beast of Prey!') , greetings (and responses to various) , greetings (called kuanna-i) , greetings (and times of day) , greetings (said by men and woman) , greetings (said by the young and the old) , greetings (how people salute each other) , times of day (expressions for) , times of day (terms for different) , times of day (and greetings at the different) , times of day (morning) , times of day (evening) , times of day (night) , times of day (day) , times of day (midday) , times of day (afternoon) , times of day (among the |xam) , morning (and greetings among the |xam) , morning ('It is the day's mouth') , morning ('The morning's mouth it is') , evening (and greetings at) , evening ('This is just the time of the sunset') , evening ('It is the mouth of coolness') , evening ('It is coolness') , night (and greetings among the |xam) , night ('It is earliness') , night ('It is darkness') , night ('darkness's back's insides') , midday (and greetings among the |xam) , midday ('The noon's middle it is') , midday ('It is the side of afternoon') , afternoon (and greetings among the |xam) , afternoon ('It is afternoon's mouth') , afternoon ('It is the side of afternoon') , names (greetings called kuanna-i) , names (used for the different times of the day) , salutation (and greetings among the |xam) , salutation (according to times of the day) , salutation (used by those who are not comfortable)
Story Pages
8853-8857
