Origin of the names

Gǃkúnǁ'hòmdímà is the beautiful aardvark girl of Juǀ'hoan mythology who sometimes appears in stories as a python and sometimes as an elephant. She defends her people and punishes wrongdoers using gǁámígǁàmì spines, a raincloud full of hail, and her magical oryx horn, gǃò'é ǃhú (Biesele 1993, 2009).

Audio recordings

• Gǃkúnǁ'hòmdímà (ogg) (wav) (mp3)
• Gǃò'é ǃhú (ogg) (wav) (mp3)

Phonetic notes on Juǀ'hoan orthography

• ǃ - postaveolar click
• ǀ - dental click
• ǁ - lateral click
• ´ - high tone marker on vowels
• ` - low tone marker on vowels

For more information see Dickens et al. (1994).