ǃn̥áʻa

ǃXóõ

Noun

ǃn̥áʻa (tone II, class 2)

  1. a concealment

Verb

ǃn̥áʻa

  1. to deliberately conceal something
    ʻàhna ǃn̥áʻa
    to make a concealment
    Èh ń bà ǃn̥áʻa ʻáã.
    He is secretly eating. [That is, he is concealing the act of eating in order to avoid sharing.]

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
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