ǃnáã

See also: Appendix:Variations of "naa"

ǃXóõ

Noun

ǃnáã (tone I, class 3, plural ǃnán-sã)

1. 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