Hottentot
pronunciation
How to pronounce Hottentot in British English:
UK ['hɔtəntɔt]
How to pronounce Hottentot in American English:
US [ˈhɑtnˌtɑt]
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- Noun:
- any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa
Word Origin
- Hottentot
- 1670s, from S.African Dutch, said to mean "stammerer," it is from hot en tot "hot and tot," nonsense words imitative of the clicking, jerking Khoisan speech.
Example
- 1. Hottentot and ethnic herero people to settle in the first place .
- 2. Hottentot venus , ethnic shows , history of french anthropology , imperial science .
- 3. Late that afternoon , jantje , the little hottentot herd boy , came up to me and handed me a letter , which he said the english baas had left for me .
- 4. What makes the hottentot so hot ?
- 5. The hottentot venus was not a piece of art at all .