nǀng

See also: nǁng and ning

Nǀuu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ᵑǀŋ̩/
  • Rhymes: -ŋ̩

Pronoun

nǀng

  1. (click form) first person singular personal pronoun; I, me, my
    Nǀng si dyee kxʼu?
    what/how should I do?
    Nǀng xae xae ǀii-e ku?
    Did I catch him?
    Nǀng ǁoqan xa ǁʻae kidya?
    Where is my frog?
    • 2021, 00:27 from the start, in TYMEBANK "SAVE WHAT MATTERS" directed by ZIPHO DLANGAMANDLA‎[1], Katrina Esau (actor):
      Nǀuu ke. ng nǀng.
      For me it's Nǀuu.
    • 2021, Chris Collins, Levi Namaseb, 00:16 from the start, in The Jackel, his Wife, his Daughter and his Mother‎[2], Griet Seekoei (actor):
      "Ma, Na ǁu hoo gao, Nǀng si je kxʼu?"
      "Mom, I couldn’t find anything, What should I do?"
Nǀuu personal pronouns
Western dialect Eastern dialect
A-form Simple Click A-form Simple Click
1st singular na ng nǀng nya ng nǀng
plural inclusive ca i gǀi ca i gǀi
Exclusive sa si / sa si /
2st Singular a a gǀa a a gǀa
Plural ba u gǀu ba u gǀu
3st singular kua ku / kua ku /
H-form ha ha / ha ha /
plural kina kin / kina kin /
H-form hna hn / hng / hna hn / hng /
Indefinite ǂa ǂi / ǂa ǂi /
Click form: The form used in the question starts with the first or second personal pronouns. It can also be used before the linker(ng).

A-form: The form used in declarative sentence.
H-form: The form often used in possessors, especially stories.


References

  • Collins, C., & Namaseb, L. (2011). A Grammatical Sketch of N|uuki with Stories. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
  • "IOL Castletown 2022 - Solution". IOL 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  • 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.
  • Shah, Sheena, and Matthias Brenzinger. Ouma Geelmeid ke kx’u ǁxaǁxa Nǀuu. Cape Town: CALDi, University of Cape Town. 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17432.
  • 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.
  • Güldemann, Tom. “"Back to normal?" - ditransitives in the Tuu family.” (2007).
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