‖ kaama
(ˈkɑːmə)
Also caama, kama, khama (kgama).
[Given by Burchell as the Hottentot name, but app. now current in Sechuana (Lloyd Three Great African Chiefs 18).]
The hartebeest, a South African antelope (Alcelaphus caama).
| 1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. II. 81 The Hartebeest of the Cape Colony is called Caama or Kaama by the Hottentots. 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 90/1 The caama..inhabits the plains of South Africa. 1866 Livingstone Last Jrnls. (1873) I. vi. 157 Much spoor of elands, zebras, gnus, kamas. 1883 J. Mackenzie Day-dawn 48 In the distance we sometimes descried the sly khama. |