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Hot⋅ten⋅tot

  [hot-n-tot]
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–noun
Khoikhoi.
Origin:
1670–80; < Afrik; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
Hot⋅ten⋅tot⋅ic, adjective
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Hot·ten·tot   (hŏt'n-tŏt')   
n.   pl. Hottentot or Hot·ten·tots Offensive

  1. A Khoikhoin.

  2. Any of the Khoikhoin group of languages.


[Afrikaans.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

Hottentot 
1677, from S.African Du., said to mean "stammerer," it is from hot en tot "hot and tot," nonsense words imitative of the clicking, jerking Khoisan speech.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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