kxʼam

Nǀuu

Adverb

kxʼam

  1. very, really
    ǁAru ke kxʼam ǀʻaa
    The well is very deep

Synonyms

Noun

kxʼam

  1. truth
    • 2010 November 10, Griet Seekoei, 00:00:43 from the start, in Koro nǀa ha ǀeeki nǀa ha ʘoaxe nǀa ha xainki [The Jackel, his Wife, his Daughter and his Mother]‎[1]:
      Eee, kxʼam kee. A si ǀha ku, A si ǀha ku. A kuakxʼam ǃqhûia.
      Eee, that's true. You should kill her, You should kill her. She is truly fat.
  2. (side) right
    Antonym: ǁʻere

References

  1. Shah, S. & Brenzinger, M. (2016). Ouma Geelmeid ke kx’u ǁxaǁxa Nǀuu. Cape Town: CALDi, University of Cape Town.
  2. Sands, Bonny & Jones, Kerry & Esau, Katrina & Collins, Chris & Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena & Job, Sylvanus & Miller, Amanda & Steyn, Betta & Zaanen, Menno & Namaseb, Levi & Berg, Dietloff & Mantzel, Dotty & Damarah, Willem & Snyman, Claudia & Wyk, David & Brugman, Johanna & Exter, Mats & Vaalbooi, Antjie & Westhuizen, Mietjie. (2022). Nǀuuki Namagowab Afrikaans English ǂXoakiǂxanisi/Mîdi di ǂKhanis/Woordeboek/Dictionary.
  3. Shah, Sheena, and Matthias Brenzinger. “Writing for Speaking: The Nǀuu Orthography.” Chapter. In Creating Orthographies for Endangered Languages, edited by Mari C. Jones and Damien Mooney, 109–25. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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