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Namaqua, a. and n.|nəˈmɑːkwə|
[Hottentot, f. Nama (see Nama a. and n.) + -qua, f. khoi man.]
1. = Nama a. and n.
[1668O. Dapper in I. Schapera Early Cape Hottentots (1933) 34 De Hottentots, genaemt Namaquas, leggen tegenwoordigh ontrent tachentigh of tuegentigh mÿlen oost-noord-oostwaerts van de kaep van goeder hope, maer zeer verre te landewaerts in.] 1670J. Ogilby Africa 576 The chiefest people hitherto discover'd in this Southerly part of Africa, are the Gorachouqua's, Goringhaiqua's, Goringhaikona's, Kochoqua's,..Namaqua's, Heusaqua's, Brigoudins, and Hankumqua's. 1790E. Helme tr. Le Vaillant's Trav. Afr. I. vii. 133, I had been assured there were some [sc. gazelles] in the country of the great Namaquois. 1806J. Barrow Voy. Cochinchina 374 Their dwellings..are constructed on the same principle as those of the Namaqua Hottentots. 1822W. J. Burchell Trav. S. Afr. I. 582 To the Hottentot Race are referable the tribes denominated Bushmen, the Namaquas, and Koras or Koraquas, as well as the Hottentots proper. 1822[see Griqua n. and a.]. 1849E. E. Napier Excursions S. Afr. I. 53 The Dutch became gradually acquainted not only with numerous hordes of Hottentots, similar to those at the Cape; but likewise with a few varieties of the same race, such as the Namaquas. 1851J. Anderson in G. M. Theal Yellow & Dark-Skinned People Afr. (1910) iii. 58 The signs of gender were almost identical in the Namaqua and the Egyptian. 1865[see Hottentot 2]. 1880Encycl. Brit. XI. 731/2, 3000 Bushmen, 1500 Namaqua. 1930I. Schapera Khoisan Peoples S. Afr. i. ii. 48 The Great Namaqua were always the most northerly group of Hottentots, and probably formed the rearguard of their invasion of South Africa. 1932Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Sept. 642/2 There was a little trouble with some Namaqua guides who suddenly refused to go any further. 1959Chambers's Encycl. VII. 248/1 In south⁓west Africa many of the 15,000 Namaqua retain their Hamitic speech. 1972Stand. Encycl. S. Afr. V. 607/1 The Nama (also called Naman or Namaqua) consisted of two groups: the Little Nama, living in the North-Western Cape south of the Orange River, and the Great Nama, living in South-West Africa.
2. Namaqua dove, a small, long-tailed dove, Œna capensis, found in Africa south of the Sudan; Namaqua grouse, partridge, sandgrouse, a terrestrial game bird, Pterocles namaqua.
1801J. Barrow Acct. Trav. S. Afr. I. iv. 325 Along the road were numbers of that beautiful little pigeon, called here the Namaaqua dove, not larger than a sparrow. 1864T. Baines Explor. S.-W. Afr. v. 124 A pretty Namaqua dove fluttered about in abortive efforts to sip the water. 1905J. Du Plessis Thousand Miles in Afr. 137 Little black-eyed Namaqua doves. 1947J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xxxiv. 291 Doves... The little namaqua (Oena capensis) appears to be a winter migrant to the eastern Transvaal low country. 1972Shooting Times & Country Mag. 27 May 24/2 Mourning, laughing and even tiny, wagtail-sized Namaque [sic] doves arrive to raid the crops.
1806J. Barrow Trav. S. Afr. (ed. 2) I. iii. 219 Cape partridges and the Namaaqua grouse were equally plentiful. 1867E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 277 Namaqua Grouse... Namaqua Patrys of Colonists.
1790E. Helm tr. Le Vaillant's Trav. Afr. II. xxi. 434 The Hottentots of the colonies call them perdrix Namaquais, (Namaquai partridges). 1890A. Martin Home Life Ostrich Farm xi. 227 The beautiful little ‘Namaqua partridges’..are in reality a kind of grouse. 1936E. L. Gill First Guide S. Afr. Birds 113 Namaqua Sandgrouse, Namaqua Partridge... Much the most widespread of the Sandgrouse in South Africa. 1972Namaqua partridge [see korhaan].
1893H. A. Bryden Gun & Camera S. Afr. xxii. 477 The Namaqua sandgrouse [drinks] between eight and ten in the morning. 1962Mackworth-Praed & Grant Birds S. Third Afr. 372 Namaqua Sandgrouse... Birds of the desert fringe. A common Sandgrouse of the drier parts of South Africa especially the western side. |