!Kung

English

Proper noun

!Kung

1. A group of Bushmen people living in the Kalahari Desert.
   • 2001, Jenny Diski, "Oh, Andrea Dworkin", London Review of Books, XXIII.17:

     From the peaceful and gentle !Kung San Bushmen to the urbane and civilised Montaigne, from folk legend to Freudian complex, from Medusa to the Blue Angel, men blame women for their discomforts and disappointments.

2. A Khoisan language spoken in Namibia, Angola, and South Africa, famous for its click consonants.

Synonyms

• Kung-ekoka, !Xũ

See also

• 'Akhoe
• Vasekela
• !Xóõ
• Wiktionary's coverage of !Kung terms

External links

• !Kung language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:!Kung language
• Ethnologue entry for !Kung, knw

Anagrams

• gunk