sīi
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sii"
ǃXóõ edit
Noun edit
sīi (tone II, class 2, plural sīi-tê)
- generic locative, side, place (inalienable)
- Téʻè sīi ń kā ǃōo `a̰a.
- This one here is a spear.
- Sīi ń ká ǁâʻũ.
- Here it is cold, This place is cold.
- Èh sīi-tê kōo kàʻ`ã táʻã ń bà qa̰i k`ã
- His every parts which are painful, i.e. Everywhere where he has pain
- impersonal "it"
- until
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- ká sīi = there, here
- ká sīi ǂùã = on one side
- kāʻa sīi = to your side
- sīi táʻ`ã... sīi táʻ`ã = on one hand, on the other, some... others
- ùh sīi táʻ`ã = these (e.g. people) here
See also edit
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