Damaran.

/ˈdɑːmərə/

/ˈdamərə/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, Damaras, Damas.

Forms:

α. 1800s Dammara, 1800s Damra, 1800s– Damara.

β. 1800s– Dama /ˈdɑːmə/.

Origin: A borrowing from Khoekhoe. Etymon: Khoekhoe Damara.

Etymology: < Khoekhoe (Nama) Damara, feminine plural of Dama-, originally a derogatory term for dark-skinned people (not restricted to the Damara people; compare Gomadama, literally ‘cattle-Dama’, denoting the Herero).It is unclear why the feminine plural form in Khoekhoe became perceived as the usual singular form of the ethnonym in English use. The self-designation of the Damara people is Khoekhoe (Damara) ǂNūkhoen , literally ‘black people’ (perhaps reflected by English Houquain in quot. 1878). In Berg Damara after German Bergdamara (1838 or earlier) or Dutch Bergdamara (1857 or earlier), both literally ‘mountain Damara’; compare berg n.²

In full Hill Damara, Berg Damara, or Mountain Damara. A member of a black African people who have adopted the Nama language, and who inhabit the mountainous regions of Namibia (formerly called South-West Africa).

ΚΠ

1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. vi. 397 The Damaras are obviously the same race of people as the Kaffers.

1878 A. K. Johnston Africa 452 These degraded Hill or Berg-Damaras name themselves Houquain or ‘real men’.

1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 731/2 Damaraland, a region of South-Western Africa..so called from the native race known..to the Cape colonists as Damara (Damra, or Dama).

1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 731/2 85,000 are Herero proper, 30,000 Hill Damara, 3000 Bushmen.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 736/2 The Bantu..enslaving the Mountain Damaras.

1935 L. G. Green Great Afr. Myst. x. 122 The Berg Damaras..living in the almost inaccessible mountain strongholds of South West Africa.

1947 M. Oldevig Sunny Land 53 There were also the Dama people, living in the mountains further to the north, who were capable of forging iron weapons—the Hilldamaras or Klipkaffirs of the present day.

1947 M. Oldevig Sunny Land 53 The Damas.

1956 A. G. McRae Hill called Grazing xii. 126 This derelict appeared to be a Berg Damara, a tribe with hardly any tribal cohesion.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	damara
释义	Damaran. /ˈdɑːmərə//ˈdamərə/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, Damaras, Damas. Forms: α. 1800s Dammara, 1800s Damra, 1800s– Damara. β. 1800s– Dama /ˈdɑːmə/. Origin: A borrowing from Khoekhoe. Etymon: Khoekhoe Damara. Etymology: < Khoekhoe (Nama) Damara, feminine plural of Dama-, originally a derogatory term for dark-skinned people (not restricted to the Damara people; compare Gomadama, literally ‘cattle-Dama’, denoting the Herero).It is unclear why the feminine plural form in Khoekhoe became perceived as the usual singular form of the ethnonym in English use. The self-designation of the Damara people is Khoekhoe (Damara) ǂNūkhoen , literally ‘black people’ (perhaps reflected by English Houquain in quot. 1878). In Berg Damara after German Bergdamara (1838 or earlier) or Dutch Bergdamara (1857 or earlier), both literally ‘mountain Damara’; compare berg n.² In full Hill Damara, Berg Damara, or Mountain Damara. A member of a black African people who have adopted the Nama language, and who inhabit the mountainous regions of Namibia (formerly called South-West Africa). ΚΠ 1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. vi. 397 The Damaras are obviously the same race of people as the Kaffers. 1878 A. K. Johnston Africa 452 These degraded Hill or Berg-Damaras name themselves Houquain or ‘real men’. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 731/2 Damaraland, a region of South-Western Africa..so called from the native race known..to the Cape colonists as Damara (Damra, or Dama). 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 731/2 85,000 are Herero proper, 30,000 Hill Damara, 3000 Bushmen. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 736/2 The Bantu..enslaving the Mountain Damaras. 1935 L. G. Green Great Afr. Myst. x. 122 The Berg Damaras..living in the almost inaccessible mountain strongholds of South West Africa. 1947 M. Oldevig Sunny Land 53 There were also the Dama people, living in the mountains further to the north, who were capable of forging iron weapons—the Hilldamaras or Klipkaffirs of the present day. 1947 M. Oldevig Sunny Land 53 The Damas. 1956 A. G. McRae Hill called Grazing xii. 126 This derelict appeared to be a Berg Damara, a tribe with hardly any tribal cohesion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1801
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