Mainagoboka [Collective Nouns]

Mainagoboka [Collective Nouns]

[ENG] Collective nouns are known as mainagoboka in Setswana, which is a compound word maina [names] + goboka [make a collection]. In many cases items with similar characteristics (behaviour or appearance) are given the same collective noun, such as “lesaisai” for both ants [ditshoswane] and lice [dinta], or boidiidi for water [metsi] and a “flowing” crowd of people [batho]. Notice however that a stagnant crowd of people is given the same collective noun as that of a traffic jam, “mosuke”. Thus it is a fairly common occurrence that an object may have different collective nouns associated with it, and at the same time different (and sometimes totally unrelated) objects may be referred to using the same collective noun, like hills [dithaba] and elephants [ditlou] both having “leropo”.

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[TSN] Lefoko mainagoboka ke sekai sa mainagoka, ka le bopilwe ka go gokaganya lefoko “maina” le “goboka”. Mainagoboka a dirisiwa go kaya bontsintsi ja dilo tsa mofuta o le mongwe. Ka Sekgowa a bidiwa “collective nouns”. Ga ntsi dilo tse di tshwanang ka popego kgotsa mokgwa di kgona go neelwa leinagoboka le le lengwe, jaaka lesaisai la dinta le la ditshoswane, mmogo le boidiidi jwa metsi kgotsa jwa batho. Mme bone batho gape, ba kgona go bidiwa mosuke (jaaka dikoloi di le mo pharakanong) fa be kgotlagane ba sa kgone go tsamaya sentle.
Mme le fa go ntse go ntse jalo, go a tle go diragale gore re fitlhele dilo tse di sa lebegeng di ka amanngwa motlhofo (jaaka ditlou le dithaba) di filwe leinagoboka le le lengwe (leropo).

SNoMainagoboka
1Babogedi ba diragalo
2Badiragatsi ba mo seraleng
3Balatedi ba setlhopha
4Barotloetsi ba setlhopha
5Batlhanka ba kgosing
6Bobidibidi jwa metsi
7Bodumo jwa dikgokong
8Boidiidi jwa batho
9Boidiidi jwa metsi
10Boijane jwa tsie
11Bomoto jwa dintsi
12Bophalaphala jwa metsi
13Dikgobe tsa moriri
14Dinakangwedi tsa makgarebe
15Kupa ya boupi
16Kupa ya dithole
17Kupa ya molora
18Legetla la mae
19Lekgamu la bangongoregi/ditsoulodi
20Lekgwaphe la dikgofa
21Lekunutu la bangongoregi/baloi
22Lenyeunyeu la diboko
23Leroborobo la bolwetse
24Leropo la dithaba
25Leropo la ditlou
26Lesaisai la dinta
27Lesaisai la ditshoswane
28Leseka la ditau
29Lesitlha la maungo
30Lesogodi la tsie
31Lesuthu la ditlhare
32Lethole la madi [a nama]
33Letlakana la mae
34Letlotlo la dikhumo
35Letsema la badiri
36Letsholo la batlhabani
37Letsholo la batsomi
38Letsomane la dinku
39Letsuatsue la dikokwana
40Leupa la molora
41Lewa la ditaola
42Lewa la mabele
43Losagaripa la dinaledi
44Loshekere la tlala
45Losika la manong
46Lotlhaka la dikgama
47Lotshakarana lwa bana
48Maanyaanya a dilwana
49Mafaratlhatlha a ditsela
50Magasigasi a dikago
51Magasigasi a dipone
52Makgerekgere a ditshipi
53Makgerekgetshana a dilwana
54Makgobokgobo a metsi
55Malatswathipa a kgosing
56Malepelepe a diaparo
57Mamepe a dinotshe
58Manyanyabea a diaparo
59Maphatshapatsha a metsi
60Maphontsha a makgarebe
61Marang a letsatsi
62Maranyane a metswako
63Marele a dipodi/dinku
64Matlakana a bana
65Matlhape a dikgomo
66Matlhatlaganyane a dikago
67Matlokobela a moriri
68Matoditodi a batho
69Matshwititshwiti a batho
70Matsubutsubu a diphefo
71Mekgweleo ya melato/dibe
72Mokgatlho wa baithaopi/baikopanyi
73Mongobo wa ditau
74Mophato wa batlhabani
75Mophato wa bogwera/bojale
76Mophato wa masole
77Morafe wa batho
78Moraka wa kgomo
79Morape wa ditau
80Morole wa dinamane
81Morole wa dinamane
82Morwalela wa noka
83Morwalo wa dithoto
84Morwalo wa melato/dibe
85Mosetlha wa dinone
86Mositlha wa madi [a kgwebo]
87Mosuke wa batho
88Mosuke wa dipalamo
89Motlhape wa dikgomo
90Motloba wa dibuka
91Motse wa matlo
92Motseletsele wa dikoloi
93Motshitshi wa dinotshe
94Ngata ya bojang
95Ngata ya dikgong
96Ngata ya nchwe
97Ntselentsele ya dijo
98Nyebenyebe ya madi [a kgwebo]
99Nyoba ya bojang
100Nyoba ya dikgong
101Phikwe ya matlhaku
102Phuthego ya kgotla/kereke/phitlho
103Seboka sa ditau
104Segongwana sa diingaodi/dilalome
105Segopa sa dinonyane
106Sekgotlho sa dinare
107Sekgwa sa ditlhare
108Sekhi sa ditlhare
109Serapa sa dikolobe
110Serapa sa ditlou
111Seretse sa dipitse
112Setlhopha sa batshameki/baopedi
113Thota ya mmu
114Thothobolo ya matlakala
115Thoto ya diaparo
116Tlhkantshuke ya moroko le mase
117Tshutlhankga ya tlhaga
118Tshwantlha ya madi [a kgwebo]