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ǃXóõ
Noun
ǃqʻàma (tone II, class 2, plural ǃqʻàma-tê)
- stickgrass (Aristida congesta subsp. congesta Roem. et Schucht); used to bring luck to the hunter in the ritual involving the brushing of blood from incisions between the eyebrows.
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