ǀnàn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nan"

ǃXóõ

Noun

ǀnàn (tone II, class 2, plural ǀnàã)

1. head (generic) (particularly skull in the alienated form)
2. mature fruit (inalienable)
3. tuber, bulb, corm, rhizome

Usage notes

When possessed, the word is ǀnàn (Noun 2, Tone II) and the plural is ǀnàã (Noun 2, Tone II). When alienated, it is ǀnān (Noun 3, Tone I), and the plural is ǀnāã (Noun 3, Tone II).

Derived terms

• gǁxóõ ǀnàn (“kneecap”)
• gǂqhèẽ ǀnàn (“nipple”)
• gǂqhúli ǀnàn ǀnàn (“elbow”)
• ǀgúi ǀnàn (“breastbone”)
• ǀkxʻàa ǀnàn (“finger”)
• ǀnàn kâ ǃʻúa (“hard-headed, stubborn”)
• ǀnàn ǀà ǂàã, ǀnàn ǂàã (“skull”)
• ǀxāi ǀnàn (tshôe) (“noose”)
• ǀʻàã ǀnàn (“glowing charcoal”)
• ǁkxʻàã ǀnàn (“sod of grass”)
• ǁnáa ǀnàn (“tip and barb of springhare hunting stick”)
• ǁám ǀnàn (“clump of camelthorns”)
• ǂkxʻùm ǀnàn (“clod, lump of sand”)
• ǂnùũ ǀnàn qáe (“big toe”)
• ǂqhâã ǀnàn (“arrow head”)
• ǂxúbu-xù ǀnàn (“elbow”)
• ǂʻàn ǀnàn (“glans of penis”)
• ǃào ǀnàn (“hipbone”)
• ʻǂn'ṵli ǀnàn (“thyroid cartilage, knot”, noun)

 

See also

• ǂqhàn-tê (fruit)

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