Khoekhoegowab Words & Phrases
Explore 84 Khoekhoegowab words and phrases with English meanings. Search by topic, practise flashcards and review words with NAMQULA.
Khoekhoegowab is a Khoe language, distinct from the Bantu languages spoken by many of its neighbours. In Namibia it is shared by Nama and Damara communities, with related varieties spoken by Haiǁom and other communities. The collective name recognises a shared language without reducing the different histories and identities of its speakers to a single community.
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- ǀgui
- one
- ǀgam
- two
- ǃnona
- three
- haka
- four
- koro
- five
- ā
- drink
- ǂû
- eat
- ǁnaru
- spit
- ǀom
- breathe
- âi
- laugh
- mû
- see
- ǁnâu
- hear
- ǂan
- know
- ǂâi
- think
- ǁom
- sleep
- ûi
- live
- ǁō
- die
- tsâ
- swim
- ǃgû
- walk
- ǂnôa
- sit
- mâ
- stand
- ǂgae
- pull
- ǂom
- sew
- ǁnae
- sing
- ǀhuru
- play
- kai
- big
- ǂkhari
- small
- ǃnubu
- short
- ǂō
- narrow
- ǀapa
- red
- ǃam
- green
- ǃhuni
- yellow
- ǃuri
- white
- ǂnū
- black
- ǃkhai
- cold
- ǃgâi
- good
- kaira
- old
- ǀâ
- wet
- ǂnâsa
- dry
- nepa
- here
- mapa
- where
- tama
- not
- ǀoro
- few
- ǃnâ
- in
- khōb
- skin
- ǀaob
- blood
- ǃupus
- egg
- ǁnâb
- horn
- ǂareb
- tail
- ǃammi
- feather
- ǀûb
- hair
- danas
- head
- mûs
- eye
- ǂguis
- nose
- ams
- mouth
- ǁgoros
- fingernail
- ǀnūb
- leg
- ǁgoas
- knee
- ǃommi
- hand
- ǁgabob
- wing
- ǃnāb
- belly
- sams
- breast
- hai-i
- tree
- ǂaras
- seed
- ǃnomab
- root
- ǂammi
- bark (of a tree)
- ǃkhās
- flower
- sores
- sun
- ǁkhâb
- moon
- ǁgammi
- water
- hurib
- sea
- tsarab
- dust
- ǂoab
- wind
- tsaob
- ash
- ǁaub
- fish
- ǂunib
- worm
- tsurib
- rope
- ǀkhûi
- to vomit
- ǃgam
- to kill
- ǂnau
- to hit
- ǁgoe
- to lie down
- sopo
- to rub
- ǃgôa
- to count
- sū
- to float
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