gǁxài

Noun

gǁxài (tone II, class 1)

1. magical power
   • gǁxài ńnà.
     • It is magic.

Verb

gǁxài

1. (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.

2. (intransitive) to have a bad spell put on oneself

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