!Kung
/kʊŋ/
!Kung is the alternative form of ǃKung.
Meaning of ǃKung
Proper noun
ǃKung
- A group of Bushmen people living in the Kalahari Desert.
- Given the early sex play, I will hazard a guess that there are few ǃKung virgins, male or female, at puberty.1992, Richard B. Lee, Work, Sexuality, and Aging Among ǃKung Women, in In her prime: new views of middle-aged women (Virginia Kerns, Judith K. Brown), page 39
- Synonyms:
- ǃXun
- A Khoisan language spoken in Namibia, Angola, and South Africa, famous for its click consonants.
- The ǃ in the word ǃKung is an orthographic symbol denoting a "click" sound. The ǃKung language, aside from sharing many of the same sounds found in all languages, has four distinct clicks […]1973, The Second Wave, volume 3, page 17
Questions about !Kung
- What is !Kung the alternative form of?
- !Kung is the alternative form of ǃKung.
- How do you pronounce !Kung?
- !Kung is pronounced /kʊŋ/.
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