South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology : List with all references

Number : 591

Proto-Bushman : *ɳǂaRi

Meaning : herd of antelope

Proto-Ju : *ɳǂare

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂà̰^hni

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Notes : Vocalic correspondences not quite regular (*-a̰- expected in PNK).

North Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Ju: *ǀxʼai

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: foot

Juǀʼhoan : ǀxʼáí (n5 -si) // ǀxʼáí-ʒxȍàrà (n5 -si) "cleft between the two parts of a hoof"; ǀxʼáí-ɡ!ȕȉʰ (n5 -si) "big toe"; ǀxʼáí-ɳ!áŋ (n5 -si) "sole (of foot)", etc.

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ǀxʼei

ǀǀAuǀǀen : ǀe ~ ǀxeː

!Kung (Lloyd) : ǀé ~ ǀì ~ ǀxʼĕ ~ ǀxʼì ~ ǀxì

!Kung (Doke): ǀʼai

!Kung (Vedder): ǀxʼai

!O!Kung (Bleek) : ǀxʼe ~ xʼɛ "foot" // ǀai "leg"

Tsumkwe : ǀxʼái

Tsintsabis : ǀxʼái

Okongo : ǀxʼái

Leeunes : ǀxái

Mpunguvlei : ǀxái

Cuito : ǀxái

Cuando : ǀxái

South Omatako : ǀxʼái

North Omatako : ǀxʼái

Kameeldoring : ǀxʼái

Lister : ǀxʼái

Notes : A few of the dialects are recorded as having velar fricative -x- for the efflux by Snyman; reasons unclear. The only similar case (although with slightly different dialectal distribution) is *ǀǀxʼòà "to send" q.v.

References : Bleek 122, 268, 307, 316, 337, 338-9, 363, 364; Dickens 81; Snyman 58; Snyman 1997: 82.

RefLex number: 1828

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