Names of stars: given by ≠kasin and Dia!kwain

Metadata

Title

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

≠kasin (Klaas Katkop) (IV)

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

Summary

The names of a number of Stars have been ascertained with the kind help of Mr. Maclear. Besides a separate alphabetical index to the Stars, the names of some are given in a supplementary list (B XXV. 2345-2347 and 2354); whilst another list in the Katkop dialect has not yet been identified on the map of the sky (L IV. -4. 3882 and 3901-3907). The |xam names of stars and constellations given by ≠kasin and Dia!kwain (while looking up at the sky at night).

Comments

1) See also The name of a star in the Katkop dialect: the Hare's star and Names for the star 'Canopus' and Names of stars, 2) Pages 3908-3968 in this notebook are blank, 3) This story is found in Book IV-4

Type

story

Date

23 January 1874 (started)

Category

Celestial bodies and aeroscopy

Custom and daily life

Keyword

stars (the names of, given by ≠kasin and Dia!kwain), stars (and customs and daily life), stars (and people), stars (and animals), stars (the names used by men and women), stars (and seasons), stars (and weather), stars (and food eaten by |xam), stars (the colour of), stars (Koranna names of), stars (names of), stars (Dutch or 'Boer' names of), stars (|xam names of), stars (descriptions of), stars (Magellan Clouds), stars (the Milky Way), stars (the Southern Cross), stars (Orion's Belt), stars (constellations), stars (Orion's Belt), astronomy (of |xam), astronomy (the names of stars given by ≠kasin and Dia!kwain), food (and stars), food (and the names of stars given by ≠kasin and Dia!kwain), names (of stars given by ≠kasin and Dia!kwain), names (of stars used by men and women), names (Koranna, for stars), names (Dutch or 'Boer', for stars), names (|xam, of stars), Koranna (names of stars given by ≠kasin), Dutch (or 'Boer' names of stars)