ǂxoa

• ǂʻhoa

• IPA^(key): /ǂχoɑ/
• Rhymes: -oɑ

ǂxoa

1. to speak, to chat

   Na ǂxoa Nǀuu

   I speak Nǀuu.

   ǂoo a ke ǂxoa nǀa ng anci

   this man speaks with my father

   • 1997 September 4, 00:01:30 from the start, in 1997_09-04‎^[1]:

     ǂi ǂxoa a mos gǀuu

     Don't speak, you're lying.

   • 2006 July 10, 4_Stories_On_the_Farm_Ogre_about_Antjie_and_about_Dialects‎^[2]:

     kinn ke ǁu ǂxoa ǁaa si

     They don't speak like us

2. to say

   Synonym: ka

3. to relate

• ǂkwāa (ǂkhomani)

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