Greetings among the Bushmen (and times of the day)

Metadata

Title

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

Forms of Salutation used by Bushmen. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-32. 8853-8857, 8852 rev.). Men and women as well as the young and the old greet in different ways. There are expressions for saluting one another (called kuanna-i), and greetings made by people who are comfortable or not (and avoid saluting one another).

Comments

1) p.8853v: an example of a salutation or kuanna-i (a greeting), 2) This story is found in Book VIII-32

Type

story

Date

30 November 1879 (started)

Category

Words and sentences

Custom and daily life

Keyword

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