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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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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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