San
See also: Appendix:Variations of "san"
English
Etymology 1
As a synonym of Bushmen introduced in modern ethnology from the 1960s, from Khoekhoe saan (singular saa), via back-formation from Khoisan. Occasional citation as the Nama term for "Bushmen" from the 1880s.[1]
Noun
- Any of the foraging non-Bantu ethnic groups of southwestern Africa.
Alternative forms
Synonyms
Usage notes
- San is the plural form, used for the group collectively. Individuals are referred to as "a San man", "a San woman" etc., although when referring to individuals, reference to their specific nation is preferable (as in, "a ǃKung man" etc.).
- San became popular in 1970s western anthropology as a politically correct replacement for "Bushmen", which was perceived as outdated. However, it turned out that San was a derogatory term for "foragers" used by the pastoralist Khoikhoi, while "Bushman" carried no derogatory connotations, so that experts who had been in actual contact with the group recommended the continued use of "Bushmen" (Henry Harpending). By the 2000s, it was reported that San had mostly lost its derogatory connotations in South Africa and was partly embraced as self-designation, while it continued to be perceived as an insult in parts of the central Kalahari in Namibia.[2]
Etymology 2
Proper noun
San
- A river in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine.
Translations
river
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References
- ^ Theophilus Hahn (1881) Tsuni-ǁGoam: The Supreme Being to the Khoi-Khoi, page 3:
- The old Dutch also did not know that their so-called Hottentots formed only one branch of a wide-spread race, of which the other branch divided into ever so many tribes, differing from each other totally in language […] While the so-called Hottentots called themselves Khoikhoi (men of men, i.e. men par excellence), they called those other tribes Sā, the Sonqua of the Cape Records […] We should apply the term Hottentot to the whole race, and call the two families, each by the native name, that is the one, the Khoikhoi, the so-calle Hottentot proper; the other the Sān (Sā) or Bushmen.
- ^ Richard B. Lee (2012) The Dobe Ju/'Hoansi, 4th edition, Cengage Learning, page 9
Anagrams
Asturian
Noun
San m
- Saint (title given to a saint)
Catalan
Noun
San m
- Saint (title given to a saint)
Irish
Etymology
From French saint, from Latin sanctus (“holy”).
Pronunciation
Noun
San (indeclinable)
- (Christianity) Saint (title)
- Synonym: Naomh
- San Doiminic ― St. Dominic
- San Caitríona ― St. Catherine
- San Nioclás ― St. Nicholas, Santa Claus
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “San”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Italian
Noun
San m or f
Polish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
San m
- San (river)
Declension
Declension of San
See also
Spanish
Etymology
Adjective
San
- Saint (title)
Turkish
Proper noun
San
- a male given name
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