kxʼu
Nǀuu
Alternative forms
- kxʼuu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kχʼu/
Verb
kxʼu
- to make
- Synonym: kuru
- Si kxʼu ǃqam.
- We make pap
- to build
- Synonym: kuru
- Na si kxʼu nǁng.
- I will build a house.
- to cause
- to do
- Nǀng si dyee kxʼu?
- What/How should I do?
- 2021, Chris Collins, Levi Namaseb, 00:16 from the start, in The Jackal, his Wife, his Daughter and his Mother[1], Griet Seekoei (actor):
- "Ma, Na ǁu hoo gao, Nǀng si je kxʼu?"
- "Mom, I couldn’t find anything, What should I do?"
Derived terms
- gereki kxʼu
- kxʼu kanǃûu ʘone
- kxʼu kxʼa
- kxʼu kxʼamki ʘun
- kxʼu kxʼamki ʘuna
- kxʼu kxʼamki ʘuny
- kxʼu tyoa
- kxʼu âi
- kxʼu ǁxaǁxa
- kxʼu ǃai
- kxʼucoa
- kxʼucxaaʻu
- kxʼuhala
- kxʼuhhala
- kxʼuki
- kxʼuki ke ǀhaqoka
- kxʼukqâi
- kxʼukxʼaa
- kxʼusaa
- kxʼutsyʼaqaʻi
- kxʼuxaoke
- kxʼuǀhuike
- kxʼuǀhuikea
- kxʼuǀxʼau
- kxʼuǂhuu
- kxʼuǃauke
- kxʼuʘuna
- kxʼuʘunya
- kxʼuʘʻuiʻi
- ǂqhi kxʼu
- ǂqhikxʼu
References
- Shah, S. & Brenzinger, M. (2016). Ouma Geelmeid ke kx’u ǁxaǁxa Nǀuu. Cape Town: CALDi, University of Cape Town.
- 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.
- Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena, and Hirosi Nakagawa. “Linguistic Features and Typologies in Languages Commonly Referred to as ‘Khoisan.’” Chapter. In The Cambridge Handbook of African Linguistics, edited by H. Ekkehard Wolff, 382–416. Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019.