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Kora2|ˈkɔərə|
Also Coranna, Koran(n)a, occas. Koraqua.
[Of disputed origin.]
a. Any of a group of Hottentot peoples in southern Africa; also, a member of any of these groups.
b. The language spoken by them. Also attrib. or as adj.
1801J. Barrow Acct. Trav. S. Afr. I. vi. 403 The country to the eastward of the Roggeveld, is inhabited by different hordes of Bosjesmans. One of these, called the Koranas, dwelling on the right bank of the Orange river, directly east from the Roggeveld, is represented as a very formidable tribe of people. 1806― Voy. Cochinchina 373 The native inhabitants which are settled on the banks of the Orange river..are a variety of the Hottentot race..called the Koras. Ibid., What the Gonaquas were on the eastern coast the Koras seem to be to the northward, a mixed breed between the Hottentot and the Kaffer. 1824W. J. Burchell Trav. S. Afr. ii. 251 The following specimen of the Kora, or Koraqua, dialect, was obtained. 1831Graham's Town Jrnl. 30 Dec. 3 At a Koranna kraal.., the first cases of Small Pox presented themselves. 1871J. Mackenzie Ten Yrs. North of Orange River 493 A certain word in Koranna, if pronounced in a loud key, means handkerchief. Ibid. 501 The insecure villages of the pastoral Korannas. 1881Encycl. Brit. XII. 312/2 The Kora dialect, spoken by the Korannas, or Koraquas, dwelling about the middle and upper part of the Orange, Vaal, and Modder Rivers. 1936J. A. Engelbrecht Korana i. 2 The history of the origin of the Korana can only be approximately arrived at. Ibid. ii. 83 Kora tribes..left the Cape to seek new pastures. Ibid. iii. 197 A complete linguistic survey of all the areas in which Kora..is still spoken at the present day could not be undertaken. 1955J. H. Wellington S. Afr. II. xvi. 234 The tribes occupying the Cape Peninsula and adjacent areas at the time of Van Riebeeck's arrival were the Goringhaiqua and the Kora (later known as the Koranna). 1961Encycl. S. Afr. 278/1 Today pure Koranas are almost extinct. 1968Encycl. Brit. XI. 751/1 Hottentot is the European name for the Nama, Kora and other languages comprising 14 or 15 subdivisions of the main Hottentot speech. 1974[see Hottentot 1]. |