Change viewing parameters
Select another database

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Search within this database
Proto-Taa : *ɳ!á̰
Meaning : to notice, look at, investigate
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
!Xoong : ɳ!á̰a -sà ɳ!a̰V H
References : Traill 92.
xooet-meaning,xooet-prnum,xooet-xoo,xooet-refer,

Search within this database


Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Search within this database
Number : 403
Proto-Bushman : *ɳ!a̰(h)-
Meaning : to look for, investigate
Proto-Ju : *ɳ!ahm
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Proto-Taa : *ɳ!á̰
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
Notes : Unclear lack of aspiration in !Xóõ; cf. a similar case in *ɳǀa(h)m "to love".
bshet-proto,bshet-meaning,bshet-nkh,bshet-nkhnum,bshet-xoo,bshet-xoonum,bshet-notes,

Search within this database


North Khoisan etymology :

Search within this database
Proto-Ju: *ɡ!am
Tonal pattern: XX [j] ~ XX [k] ~ XX [e]
Meaning: bed
Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology
Juǀʼhoan : ɡ!ȁʰm (n3 -si)
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɡ!em
!Kung (Weich): ɡ!am
!O!Kung (Snyman): ɡ!àm
Kavango : ɡ!ȁm "put up" (?)
Ekoka : ɡ!ȁm
Notes : The Kavango form shows that the original meaning may have been verbal ("put up, lay out" > "bed"). Cf. also the external parallel in !Xóõ.
References : Dickens 209; Heikkinen 1986; KH 130; Snyman 71; Snyman 1980: 33; Weich 20.
RefLex number: 413
nkhet-tonal,nkhet-meaning,nkhet-prnum,nkhet-juh,nkhet-juh_sn,nkhet-wei,nkhet-osn,nkhet-kvn,nkhet-ekk,nkhet-notes,nkhet-refer,nkhet-reflex,

Search within this database

Select another database
Change viewing parameters
Total pages generatedPages generated by this script
2672412582107
Help
StarLing database serverPowered byCGI scripts
Copyright 1998-2003 by S. StarostinCopyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov
Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov