hottentot
Meaning of hottentot
noun
a Khoikhoi person.
adjective
Khoikhoi.
Dutch, of uncertain origin: said to be a repetitive formula in a Nama dancing song, transferred by Dutch sailors to the people themselves, or from German hotteren-totteren ‘stutter’ (with reference to their language, in which clicking sounds are used).
Information about hottentot
- The plural form of hottentot is: hottentots.
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Hyphenation of hottentot
hot-ten-tot
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- hottentot is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
hottentot synonyms
Meaning Khoikhoin:
Khoikhoin, Khoikhoi, Hottentot
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