sàʻã

Noun

 * 1) face, forehead (inalienable)
 * 2) * ʘàa ń bà ǀnāhm ké qáe sàʻã.
 * 3) ** The child is playing in its mother's face, i.e. The child is moving in the womb.
 * 4) surface
 * 1) ** The child is playing in its mother's face, i.e. The child is moving in the womb.
 * 2) surface

Usage notes
The word remains the same regardless of whether alienated or possessed. However, an alienated face is a member of Noun Class 3 and Tone Class I.

Derived terms

 * sàʻã gǁqhái-sì = first portion, first helping
 * sàʻã ʻǃnùm = forehead
 * tâa sàʻã = a person's grave
 * ǀgáã sàʻã = workplace
 * ǀqhàn sàʻã = shinbone, also means to be over-sexed
 * ǁâo sàʻã = cutting edge of an axe
 * ǁgúʻa sàʻã = piss face, i.e. eland
 * ǁnàm sàʻã = higher part of stomach, solar plexus, genitals (euphemistic)
 * ǂgúã sàʻã = contents of an egg
 * ǂguʻV sàʻã = to squeeze moisture from the pulp of a tuber into the mouth
 * ǂkxʻûm sàʻã = mound of sand
 * ǂúũ sàʻã = place on the point of an ostrich egg where a hole has been drilled (lit. face of the empty ostrich egg)
 * ǃáu sàʻã = surface of a pan
 * ǃōo sàʻã = blade of a knife
 * ǃùhm sàʻã = hill, dune
 * ʘnṵBV sàʻã = to misunderstand
 * ʻǂn`a̰na sàʻã = surface of a pot