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ǃXóõ
Noun
ǃnáã (tone I, class 3, plural ǃnán-sã)
- spirit, being, "humour" of someone alive or of a living animal
- Tâa ń kâ bà ǀʻâa ǃqhàa ń kâ bà ǃáa èh ǃnáã ń ʘkxʻúm.
- If a person dies and it rains, his spirit is good.
- Āh ǃnáã ń ʘkxʻúm.
- Your hands are nice. (i.e. your spirit is good; said of someone who successfully invokes the rain by singeing a skin)
References
- Traill, Anthony (1994) Rainer Voßen, editor, A ǃXóõ Dictionary (Quellen zur Khoisan-Forschung/Research in Khoisan Studies; 9), Köln/Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN