Proto-Ju: *ǀǀaˤma (*-b-)
Tonal pattern: LL [j]
Meaning: to wear, get dressed
Juǀʼhoan : ǀǀàˤmà "get dressed, put on (clothes)"
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ǀǀaˤma
ǀǀAuǀǀen : ǀǀaˤmma ~ ǀǀamma "to wear, sling on, put on"
!Kung (Lloyd) : ǀǀáˤba ~ ǀǀábbaː "to sling on"
!Kung (Doke): ǀǀaːvà "to dress"
!O!Kung (Bleek) : ǀǀaba "to wear"
Kavango : ɡǀǀȁbȁ "wear a necklace" (?)
Notes : The Kavango (Kwangali) form may be contaminated with *ɡǀǀaba "to wear (footwear)", to which it corresponds better phonetically but worse semantically.
References : Bleek 548, 555, 564; Heikkinen 1986; Dickens 328; Snyman 59.
RefLex number: 2582
