Proto-Ju: *ɡǂa
Tonal pattern: XX [j] ~ XX [k] ~ XX [e]
Meaning: old (of things)
Juǀʼhoan : ɡǂȁʰ // ɡǂȁʰ-ǂxȁȅ "small antelope (such as steenbok or duiker)" (n5); ɡǂà-kʰàm-kʰàm "be very old and feeble"
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɡǂa "to age"
ǀǀAuǀǀen : ɡǂa
!Kung (Lloyd) : ɡǂã ~ ɡǂã̌ ~ ɡǂe
!Kung (Doke): ɡǂʔàː ~ ɡǂǝʔàː
!Kung (Weich): ɡǂa
!O!Kung (Snyman): ɡǂàà
Kavango : ɡǂȁ
Ekoka : ɡ!̯ȁ
Tsumkwe : ɡǂā
Tsintsabis : ɡǂā
Okongo : ɡǂā
Leeunes : ɡǂā
Mpunguvlei : ɡǂā
Cuito : ɡǂā
Cuando : ɡǂā
South Omatako : ɡǂā
North Omatako : ɡǂā
Kameeldoring : ɡǂā
Lister : ɡǂā
Notes : The !Kung forms recorded by Doke are strange and rather indicate a variant like *ɡǂaʔa.
References : Bleek 644, 646; Dickens 206; Heikkinen 1986; KH 131; Snyman 17; Snyman 1980: 45; Snyman 1997: 45; Weich 19.
RefLex number: 330
