khoikhoi in English
noun
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a member of a group of indigenous peoples of South Africa and Namibia, traditionally nomadic hunter-gatherers, including the Nama people and the ancestors of the Griquas.
They had a fracas with the local people, the Khoi .
adjective
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relating to the Khoikhoi or their languages.
The latter, speakers of the so-called ‘click language,’ included the Khoi people, and the San or Bushmen.
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1. The Khoikhoi also produced rock art which can clearly be distinguished from the older engravings.
2. The specific name gnou originates from the Khoikhoi name for these animals, gnou.
3. Huge herds of Sanga type cattle were herded by the Khoikhoi (Hottentots) when the Dutch established the Cape Colony in 1652.
4. Many of the "unofficial languages" of the San and Khoikhoi people contain regional dialects stretching northwards into Namibia and Botswana, and elsewhere.