indigenous tree species (plural: kareebome)

kaross

leather cloak worn over the shoulder by Sonqua

kleinbaas

form of address used by servants for the master’s son

kleinnooi

form of address used by servants for the master’s daughter

kloof

ravine

knecht

foreman on farm; usually white and ­usually residing on the premises

Koi-na

brown-skinned people of the early Cape; today called Khoi or Khoikhoi

kolganse

Egyptian geese

kommando

group of farmers or burghers on horse-back; usually used in a military context

kopje

hill or hillock

kraanvoëls

cranes (birds)

mijn

Dutch word for ‘mine’ or ‘my’

nachtmaal

holy communion

oom

uncle

opsit

to signify courtship, where the potential groom visits and stays up with his betrothed after the rest of the family has gone to bed

oubaas

form of address used by servants for the grandfather or oldest male

oupa

grandfather

rant (plural: rante)

ridge of mountains or hills

rieme

thongs of softened rawhide used instead of rope for numerous purposes

riempiestoel

chair with a seat and back thonged with fine, narrow rieme (see above)

schiet hom vrek

shoot him dead

skaapbos

bush usually eaten by sheep

skerm

Bushman shelter built with twigs and branches, in the shape of a beehive

Slams

derogatory term for ‘Muslim’

smous

trader

Sonqua