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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Hottentot (0.00896 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Hottentot.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Hottentot
Hottentot
n : any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people
of Namibia and South Africa [syn:
Khoikhoin,
Khoikhoi]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hottentot
Hottentot
\Hot"ten*tot\, n. [D. Hottentot; -- so called from hot
and tot, two syllables of frequent occurrence in their
language. --Wedgwood.]
1. (Ethnol.) One of a degraded
[1913 Webster]
2. The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for
its clicking sounds; the
Khoisan language.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Hottentot cherry (Bot.), a South African plant of the genus
Cassine (
Cassine maurocenia), having handsome foliage,
with generally inconspicuous white or green flowers.
--Loudon.
Hottentot's bread. (Bot.) See
Elephant's foot
(a), under
Elephant.
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