kebeke

Nǀuu

Nǀuu numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: kebeke

Alternative forms

• cebece (pronunciation spelling)
• kjebekje
• kebe-ke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲeβɛkʲe/

Verb

kebeke

1. to be many

   Na nǀii ǁx’oqe ni kebeke ng ǃaqa.

   I see many stars in the sky.

Synonyms

• nǃaen
• nǃai

Antonyms

• tsʼôqe, tsʼôqea
• ǂʻî

Numeral

kebeke

1. Used to count numbers bigger than 3

References

• 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.
• 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
• Güldemann, T. Structural and semantic aspects Structural and semantic aspects of Tuu “numerals”.
• Bleek, Dorothea F. (1956). A Bushman Dictionary. ed. H. Hoenigswald. American Oriental Series, 41. New Haven, Connecticut: American Oriental Society.