HOTTENTOT PLACE NAMES. 379 



I'Kuru, sour; /uib, a mountain. Situate north of Bethany. " A 

 place called Hatep, or Eeed Water " (II, 203). Hot. lab, a 

 reed; lab, a river. A place on the Great Fish river. " Eight 

 miles E.S.E. along the Eish river brought us to Kuis, or Scent " 

 (II, 204). Hot. lliuib, the scent of the mimosa or of the giraffe. 

 Near Hatep. " The QuaJianap or Javelin river " (II, 336). Hot. 

 goab, an assagai — a small branch of the Koanqvii) river marked 

 south of Bethan3\ 



Kronlein. '" Wortschatz der Ivhoi-Khoin." 1889. 



Incidentally, this author furnishes a few Namaqualand 

 Hottentot place names, together with their etymology: e.g., 

 lA^n-lguis (Hot. !am, green; tguis, the nose) — ef. " The 

 watering place of Gnutneip, or Black Nose " (Alexander, II, 

 110). Hot. Inii, black; Igfiu/s, the nose; a, small place on the 

 Kuisip river. lA)n-\\hhiis. Hot. lam, green; \\hhub, or \\khus, a 

 thorn bush, the mimosa. lAni-cib. Hot. lam, green; ei, sight, 

 view; places in Great Namaqualand and Damaraland. Xamob 

 (Hot. Xai)ii, a lion; lab, a river). Alexander's " Kamop or Lion 

 river " (I, 227). A branch of the Great Fish river. jGn-jaib 

 (Hot. Igu, dii-ty, rusty; jaib, firewood). A river between Bethanie 

 and Berseba. XHoas (Hot. \]ioa, blue). A place south-east of 

 Berseba. Khaxa-tsus {Jlot. Idiab, war; tsu, to have trouble). 

 The Hottentot name of Gibeon, Great Namaqualand : lUri- Inanib 

 (Hot. luri, white; bianib, the side of a house or mountain). A 

 limestone range between Gibeon and Goa-mus : Ouob (Hot. uo, 

 bitter; lab, a river). A river in the Western Kalahari. /Kan-lus 

 (Hot. Ikan, the name of a succulent plant, Salsola sp. ; liis, a 

 claw). A place in the Warmbad area. Alexander: " Kanus, the 

 place of the kan bush " (I, 206). 



Horne's Map. 1895. 



This map is of considerable interest to the student of 

 Hottentot place names because of the number of such names 

 which are given in their pure Hottentot form ; while so many 

 others are so thinly disgviised in their orthography that they are 

 not difficult of recognition: for example, Guibes (Hot. guib, the 

 Melkbosch, Euphorbia viauritanica, a place situate to the 

 south-west of Bethany. IHoive.'ies Mountain (Hot. IJiawa. to 

 turn back) : A mountain range to the east of Bethany. Cf. 

 Keerom. IHas Mountain (Hot. Ihas, broad, flat): A mountain 

 range running parallel with the Koanquip river. IVm games (Hot. 

 I nu, h\ack; jamis or Ikamis, both meaning ostrich): A place at 

 the foot of the IHas range. Ganab (Hot. Wganab the Kameel- 

 doorn, Acacia giraffac) : A place on a branch of the Koanquip 

 river. Goab river (Hot. Igoab, mud): A branch of the Great 

 Fish river. Cf. Qhaba, the Modder Eiver of the Orange Free 

 State. Gou-gouras (Hot. gou, to be fat; Igores, a female zebra): 

 A place in Great Namaqualand. Ham-T'Aap, or Lion Eiver 

 (Hot. xami, a lion; lab, a river) : A small brancli of the Orange 

 Eiver. Gobas (Hot. fgoices, the wild fig) : A place on the Guaxab 

 river. Tsaivises (Hot. tsawib, the black ebony tree, Euclea 



