to hear / to listen → text 1 realization Unique
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 52545)
type Complex derivation
language Khoekhoe
lexeme 1 ǁnâu [ǁnâ̏ú ]
lexeme 2 ǁnâuǃkhai [ǁnâ̏úǃkhàȉ]
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 text (of sermon)
reference Haacke Khoekhoe 2002: 287
comment

The second component is presumably connected with the noun ǃkhai [ǃkháè] 1)place, spot; site, locality; position, location 2)  affair, matter; concern, but the tonal pattern is different, so this stays as an open question.

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