North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: *cʼe(-ma)

Tonal pattern: LL [j] ~ ML [e]

Meaning: small

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : cʼèmà "be small, be little; be high-pitched, be soft-spoken" // cʼè "small" (adjective following a diminutive noun)

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): cʼema

ǀǀAuǀǀen : ceːma ~ cema

Nogau : cēma

!Kung (Lloyd) : céma ~ céːema // pl. céme; cía "a little"

!Kung (Doke): cʼēːmā

!Kung (Vedder): cʼeː

!Kung (Wilhelm): ceː ~ céːma

!O!Kung (Bleek) : cema ~ ʒema

!O!Kung (Snyman): cèmà ~ čʼèmà ~ cʼèmà

Kavango : cʼema

Ekoka : čʔēmà

Tsumkwe : cʼèmà

Tsintsabis : cʼèmà

Okongo : čʼèmà

Leeunes : cʼèmà

Mpunguvlei : čʼèmà

Cuito : cʼèmà

Cuando : cʼèmà ~ čʼèmà

South Omatako : cʼèrèmà

North Omatako : cʼèmà

Kameeldoring : cʼèmà

Lister : cʼèmà

References : Bleek 24, 214, 215, 217; Dickens 150; Heikkinen 1986; KH 139; Snyman 38; Snyman 1980: 6, 50; Snyman 1997: 68.

RefLex number: 1657

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