hottentot

英 ['hɔtəntɔt] 美
  • adj. 霍屯督人的
  • n. 霍屯督人;霍屯督人语

英英释义


1. any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa

英文词源


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.