gǁxài
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ǃXóõ
[edit]Noun
[edit]Verb
[edit]gǁxài
- (transitive + kV and (optionally) kâ) to bewitch
- Tùu n̄ kâ bà ǀxáã kùma ùh ń bà t'a̰e sòo tē tâa kâ gǁxài kâ ǀîi tâ tè.
- When people dance the curing dance (kùma) they feel the medicine by which a person has been bewitched.
- (intransitive) to have a bad spell put on oneself
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