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Hottentot的意思

Hottentot

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

Hottentot

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.