to hear / to listen → clever, wise 1 realization Unique
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 38186)
type Derivation
language Khoekhoe
lexeme 1 ǁnâu
lexeme 2 ǁnâuǃāxa
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 clever, intelligent, wise, understanding
reference Haacke Khoekhoe 2002: 288
comment

The same semantic connection, only with Negation, in another derivative of the same root:

ǁnâuǃāoǃnâ [ǁnâ̏úǃàa̋òǃnầà] "foolish; insensible; imbecile"

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