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Hot·ten·tot  (htn-tt)

n. pl. Hottentot or Hot·ten·tots Offensive

1. A Khoikhoin.

2. Any of the Khoikhoin group of languages.

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[Afrikaans.]

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Hottentot [ˈhɒt^ənˌtɒt]

n Offensive

1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -tot, -tots another name for the Khoikhoi people

2. (Linguistics / Languages) any of the languages of this people, belonging to the Khoisan family

[from Afrikaans, of uncertain origin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Hottentot - any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa Khoikhoi, Khoikhoin Khoisan, Khoisan language - a family of languages spoken in southern Africa

Translations

Hottentot [ˈhɒtəntɒt]

A. ADJ → hotentote

B. N

1. (= person) → hotentote mf

2. (Ling) → hotentote m

Hottentot

n

→ Hottentotte m, → Hottentottin f

(Ling) → Hottentottisch nt

adj → hottentottisch