sàʻã

ǃXóõ

Noun

sàʻã (tone II, class 2, plural sàʻã-nî or sàʻã-tê)

1. face, forehead (inalienable)

   • Āh sàʻã ń ǂgèe.
     • Your face is calm, i.e. You speak in a calm, reserved, demure manner.
   • ǂgúã sàʻã àh ń kè ǃn`a̰a.
     • The contents of the egg is bloody, i.e. The egg is fertilised, contains an embryo.
   • ʘàa ń bà ǀnāhm ké qáe sàʻã.
     • The child is playing in its mother's face, i.e. The child is moving in the womb.

2. surface

Usage notes

The word remains the same regardless of whether alienated or possessed. However, an alienated face is a member of Noun Class 3 and Tone Class I.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• sàʻã gǁqhái-sì = first portion, first helping
• sàʻã ʻǃnùm = forehead
• tâa sàʻã = a person's grave
• ǀgáã sàʻã = workplace
• ǀqhàn sàʻã = shinbone, also means to be over-sexed
• ǁâo sàʻã = cutting edge of an axe

• ǁgúʻa sàʻã = piss face, i.e. eland
• ǁnàm sàʻã = higher part of stomach, solar plexus, genitals (euphemistic)
• ǂgúã sàʻã = contents of an egg
• ǂguʻV sàʻã = to squeeze moisture from the pulp of a tuber into the mouth
• ǂkxʻûm sàʻã = mound of sand
• ǂúũ sàʻã = place on the point of an ostrich egg where a hole has been drilled (lit. face of the empty ostrich egg)

• ǃáu sàʻã = surface of a pan
• ǃōo sàʻã = blade of a knife
• ǃùhm sàʻã = hill, dune
• ʘnṵBV sàʻã = to misunderstand
• ʻǂn`a̰na sàʻã = surface of a pot

References

• Traill, Anthony (1994) Rainer Voßen, editor, A ǃXóõ Dictionary (Quellen zur Khoisan-Forschung/Research in Khoisan Studies; 9), Köln/Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN