Koraqua, noun
/kɔˈrakwa/
- Forms:
- Also Goraqua.
- Origin:
- KhoikhoiShow more Khoikhoin, !Khora (see Kora) + -qua man, see quotation 1822.
obs. except in historical contexts
1. Kora sense 1.
1822 W.J. Burchell Trav. I. 345The name by which they themselves call their nation, is Kora, or Koraqua. The adjunct qua, signifying man or men in most of the Hottentot dialects, is, in some cases, as in this, used or omitted indifferently. The word Koraqua means a man wearing shoes, as distinguished from sandals.
2. Kora sense 2.
1824 W.J. Burchell Trav. II. 251The following specimen of the Kora, or Koraqua, dialect, was obtained.
Kora1.
Kora2.
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