A SURVEY OF ABORIGINAL PLACE-NAMES. 



■>y Rov. John Robert Lewis Kingon. M.A.. F.R.S.E., F.L.S. 



1. Preliminary. 



2. The wealth of rletaU 



3. Wrong- perspective in naming. 



4. European 7's. Bantu principles of naming. 

 .> Personal names. 



6. Animal names. 



7. Relationsliip to Hebrew. 



8. Uniform orthography needed. 



9. Difficulties of spelling. 

 10. Arrangement. 



ir. Aboriginal place-names lists. 



I. Distribution. 



II. Transkeian List. 



a Alilireviations used. 

 8 Alphabetical list. 

 y Observations. 



III. Ciskeian List. 



a Preliminary considerations. 

 8 Alphabetical list. 



1\". Mdttcntiit-llusbman place-names. 



A. Critical examination of names. 



a Preliminaries. 



B Clicks. 



V Other non-Bantu sounds. 



. B. Alphal)ctical list. 



a Transkeian. 

 S Ciskeian. 



C. Detailed study of specific groups. 



a The -ra group. 



S The -kama group. 



y Other typical H.-B. groups. 



D. The need for further research. 

 12. Classification. 



A. According to suffixes. 



B. Groups of compound names. 



C. General classitication. 



D. Conclusions. 



The past five years of world-conflict have called ns all to 

 bear a share of the common burden, and in consequence the fulfil- 

 ment of many a cherished purpose has necessarily been delayed. 

 It was at the Kimberley Session of the Association, so long ago 

 a? July, 1914. that the interesting paper on " South African 

 Place-names " suggested to my mind the desirability of ttnder- 

 taking a systematic survey of the aboriginal place-names. The 

 Declaration of War in the following month, however, and absence 



