-MUJRICIXAI. t'LACK NAMES. 



74; 



It will thus be readily appreciated that an adeqtiate survey 

 of the aboriginal place-names of the Cape Province demands very- 

 careful and highly specialised philological knowledge, and is by 

 MO means exhausted by a j)aper or two on the subject. This 

 present paper will have more than justified its'elf if it draws 

 attention to the need for such a detailed study, and gives some 

 nidication of the necessity for, and values attaching to, research 

 in this domain, (jur knowledge concerning the Bushman-Hot- 

 tentot languages is so meagre that scholarly research, as sug- 

 gested, could hardly fail to produce rich gems, and one can only 

 urge upon those in strategic positions in our South African 

 Universities the high desiral)ility of encouraging and stimulating 

 our younger scholars to take up the researches associated with 

 the honovired names of Bleek and Llo3'd — who now, long since, 

 have ceased from their labours, and. have no successors ! 



Before j^roceeding to give a list of the Hottentot-Bushmen 

 place-names, jjerhaps we should here mention one other charac- 

 teristic sound, the r sound. In connection with the -ra group of 

 names, we shall enter into a full discussion of the difficulties and 

 inconsistencies raised by this sound, but here it is mentioned in 

 connection with the clicks only bec^tise it is another indication 

 by means of which H-B place-names may be determined. 



Thus armed, we proceed to select from our general list all 

 those names in which non-Bantu soimds occur, and these may be 

 regarded as relics of an earlier distribution of the aboriginal 

 population in which the Hottentot- Bushman tribes dwelt where 

 the Bantu now dwell. The scantiness of the material at our dis- 

 ])osal makes it well-nigh impossible to distinguish as between 

 Hottentot and Bushman names at this late date, or to specifically 

 assign particular data to the Bushman, especially in view of the 

 camouflage acquired in generations of conflicting and corrupting 

 elements. We are, therefore, com])elled, and, indeed, rejoice, that 

 even that much is possible, to grouj) all the names together as 

 Hottentot- Bushman. 



Bacela 



B. — Alhliahctiral [Jsf of H.-B. Names. 



I. Trauskcian List. 



Ban col o I];',.\a 



* Bonxa 



Caba 



Cabane 



Cabazani 



Labaze 



Caca 



Cacadu 



Cala 



Cambalala 



Camama 



Camata 



Cammama 



Cancele 



Candu 



Capane 



Cajjoti 



Caquba 



Casa 



Cebc 



Cebencc 



Cefane 



Cefani 



Cegcuwana 



Cegcuwane 



Ceka 



Cekwayo 



Cengane 



Cengcane 



Centane 



Centuli 



Ceru 



