Why !kweiten ta ||ken received her name

Why !kweiten ta ||ken received her name

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

<i>Explanation of various personal names was given, in the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-10. 4751-4754, 4758-4777, 18. 5373 rev., 19. 5505 rev. and 5506 rev., 20. 5572 and 5573, 5605-5607).</i> !kweiten ta ||ken is an 'orphan's name'.

1) !kweiten ta ||ken is spelt !kweten ta ||ken in some of the stories by or relating to her, 2) p.4758v: !kweiten ta ||ken's mother's younger sister's name was Xomm-an (her Dutch name was Anna); Dia!kwain cannot recall her 'little' name; she was 'killed by sorcery', 3) pp.4761v-4764v: see <i>The preparation of tinder from a certain thorn-tree</i>, 4) pp.4765v &amp; 4766v: see <i>The making of a needle from a springbok's foreleg</i>, 5) This story is found in Book V-10

story

10 June 1875 (started)

History (personal)

Custom and daily life

!kweiten ta ||ken ( Rachel )

!kweiten ta ||ken ( the giving of her name )

!kweiten ta ||ken ( her personal history )

!kweiten ta ||ken ( her relations were 'killed by sorcery' )

!kweiten ta ||ken ( was given an orphan's name )

sorcery ( killing with )

sorcery ( and the giving of !kweiten ta ||ken's name )

sorcery ( and the killing of !kweiten ta ||ken's relations )

name ( the giving of !kweiten ta ||ken's )

name ( !kweiten ta ||ken was given an orphan's name )

name ( !kweiten ta ||ken's other is Rachel )

personal history ( the giving of !kweiten ta ||ken's name )

personal history ( !kweiten ta ||ken's relations were 'killed by sorcery' )

death ( !kweiten ta ||ken's relations were 'killed by sorcery' )

death ( and the giving of !kweiten ta ||ken's name )

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