Song of the ||ku

Song of the ||ku

Lucy Lloyd !kun notebooks

!nanni (XI)

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Tamme (XII)

Tamme and !nanni both give the song of the ||ku, which they both heard from older people. !nanni heard it from a man called |kuirri, of his grandfather's people, and Tamme heard it from his uncle ≠namm-she. The ||ku is a small wild animal that resembles a jackal and eats ants and is found in the !kun country. Neither song has been translated.

1) See also <i>Song of the !kan ||ka ||karashe</i> and <i>Song of the sho sho</i> and <i>The song of the Sauko</i> and <i>The song of the ||noruko djo-djo</i> and <i>The song of the mother of the little buck </i>and <i>The song of the ≠na≠n'arro</i> and <i>The song of the Ngogan-a (a little bird)</i> and <i>The song of the !ke tsa'ba (a bird)</i> and <i>The song of the ||gani (a bird)</i> and <i>The song of the !korro-ssin !ku (or Pit-making Bushmen)</i> and <i>A song of the |kam-ssin !ku (or Sun Bushmen)</i> and <i>The song of the !na !na'rishe (a bird</i>), 2) This story is found in Book XI &amp; XII-1

story

October 1879

Poetry

Plants and animals

song ( of the ||ku )

song ( given by !nanni and Tamme )

song ( of the !kun )

ants ( eaten by the ||ku )

ants ( and the song of the ||ku )

||ku ( a !kun song about )

||ku ( resembles a jackal )

||ku ( eats ants )

||ku ( habits and diet of )

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