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pixi | 11:57 Tue 13th Sep 2005 | People & Places
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I had a friend from Namibia and she told me that the word tji-ru-mbu (pronounced she roo boo) meant white woman in her language, but everytime she said it she laughed, I asked her if it was an insulting way of saying white woman and she said no but still laughed when saying it.  I asked her did it mean something like 'woman without a tan' as a joke but she said no it just meant white woman, does anyone know what it really means, as i am no longer in touch with her.  Also she not only spoke Namibian and several other languages, but also the language of her village which i cant remember the name of.
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Which one of these is "her" language?:

http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Namibia

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hi SteveD, im not sure I recognise any of those, but it sounded like hee-co, sorry if this isnt much help.

erm hee-co if you look is under haillom

they spell it heikum, but you know, what the hell......

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thanks for that peter, i just looked at the names and none of them seemed right, will have another look and see what i can find,

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