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ǃXóõ
Noun
ǁāã (tone II, class 3)
- poison, the toxic larva of Diamphidia simplex, a type of flea beetle
- Tâa ń kâ bà qàle ǁāã āh ń bà ǁqháa ǁqhàm sî bà tṵ̰hla ǀkxʻàa-tê sî bà ǁʻàbi ǂài tshxàn-tê sî bà ɢǀqhàõ ǀgáʻm ká ǁāã ǀàã ǀʻàõ î ǁnâe bà tshûu î ǁnâe bà ʻǂna̰le ǁāã.
- When a person digs poison, you urinate (your) urine and wash your hands and pick up steenbok droppings and cast them into the middle of the poison bush and then take out the poison. -- (This ritual may involve the droppings of any antelope; the larger their size the larger the larvae will be)
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- Traill, Anthony (1994) Rainer Voßen, editor, A ǃXóõ Dictionary (Quellen zur Khoisan-Forschung/Research in Khoisan Studies; 9), Köln/Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN