ǃqʻàma

ǃXóõ

Noun

ǃqʻàma (tone II, class 2, plural ǃqʻàma-tê)

1. 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