dyebe

Nǀuu

Alternative forms

• jebe

Noun

dyebe

1. salt

   Petrus ke xng tsʼinnʻa dyebe ng âki

   Peter tasted (the) salt in the food

2. saltlick

Verb

dyebe

1. (tsʼinn ~) to be salty

   Âki hngke ke tsʼinn dyebe

   The food tasted salty (lit. Food tasted salt.)

Basic tastes in Nǀuu · tsʼinki (layout · text)
ǀqo (Western), ǀqu (Eastern) / caqn	kqona	dyebe	ǁxʼaaqʻi	-	jhaaʻi

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.
• Güldemann, T. (2011, January). Perception verbs in Nǁng (ǃUi, Tuu) and beyond. In 3rd KBA workshop, Somlószőlős, Hungary (pp. 7-9).
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