Talk:Katutura

The place where people do not want to live
I wish to stress that actually the website of Klaus Dierks repots "the place where people do not live" instead of "The place where we do not want to live". So I added another source that reports "the place where people do not want to live" and changed the translation of word Katutura. -- Basilicofresco  (msg) 06:42, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

I have usually heard variations of the above, but Marion Wallace translates it as "we have no dwelling place" ((A History of Namibia, p.254)). She does not cite the translation directly but refers to the Location Advisory Board. A google search returns a report by the Swapo Women's Council using the same language, though not returning the Location Advisory Board.

I am not sure how to proceed so have also added Wallace's book as a reference. --Personapannacotta (talk) 00:46, 25 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Interesting question, it seems scientists borrow from each other here with nobody actually fluent in Otjiherero. If you look at Otjiherero grammar, it is actually quite clear: "katu" is the negative present habitual of eṱe (we). "tura" is the verb for stay / dwell. Together it is literally "We are not going to dwell [there]". However, this is of course WP:OR and, even if correct, cannot be used in the article. --Pgallert (talk) 10:58, 25 October 2021 (UTC)