sàʻã
See also: Appendix:Variations of "saa"
ǃXóõ edit
Noun edit
sàʻã (tone II, class 2, plural sàʻã-nî or sàʻã-tê)
- face, forehead (inalienable)
- Āh sàʻã ń ǂgèe.
- Your face is calm, i.e. You speak in a calm, reserved, demure manner.
- ǂgúã sàʻã àh ń kè ǃn`a̰a.
- The contents of the egg is bloody, i.e. The egg is fertilised, contains an embryo.
- ʘàa ń bà ǀnāhm ké qáe sàʻã.
- The child is playing in its mother's face, i.e. The child is moving in the womb.
- surface
Usage notes edit
The word remains the same regardless of whether alienated or possessed. However, an alienated face is a member of Noun Class 3 and Tone Class I.
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- sàʻã gǁqhái-sì = first portion, first helping
- sàʻã ʻǃnùm = forehead
- tâa sàʻã = a person's grave
- ǀgáã sàʻã = workplace
- ǀqhàn sàʻã = shinbone, also means to be over-sexed
- ǁâo sàʻã = cutting edge of an axe
- ǁgúʻa sàʻã = piss face, i.e. eland
- ǁnàm sàʻã = higher part of stomach, solar plexus, genitals (euphemistic)
- ǂgúã sàʻã = contents of an egg
- ǂguʻV sàʻã = to squeeze moisture from the pulp of a tuber into the mouth
- ǂkxʻûm sàʻã = mound of sand
- ǂúũ sàʻã = place on the point of an ostrich egg where a hole has been drilled (lit. face of the empty ostrich egg)
- ǃáu sàʻã = surface of a pan
- ǃōo sàʻã = blade of a knife
- ǃùhm sàʻã = hill, dune
- ʘnṵBV sàʻã = to misunderstand
- ʻǂn`a̰na sàʻã = surface of a pot
References edit
- Traill, Anthony (1994) Rainer Voßen, editor, A ǃXóõ Dictionary (Quellen zur Khoisan-Forschung/Research in Khoisan Studies; 9), Köln/Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN