| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Khoikhoin |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Khoi·khoin |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  koi koi  n |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or Khoi·khoi (koikoi) |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. Khoikhoin or Khoi·khoins or Khoikhoi or Khoi·khois
1. A member of a pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa. 2. Any of the Khoisan languages of the Khoikhoin, including Nama. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Nama khoi-khoi-n, the Nama people : khoi-khoi, to speak Nama (from khoi-, human being) + -n, pl. common gender suff.
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