North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: *ɡ!̯xʼa

Tonal pattern: LH [j] ~ MM [k] ~ MM [e]

Meaning: rib

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ɡ!xʼàá (n5 -si) // ɡ!xʼàá-!ʼúá (n5 -si) "rib bone"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɡ!xʼa-!ʼuwa

ǀǀAuǀǀen : ɡ!aː // pl. ɡ!aː-si

Nogau : ǂkhasi // dasi (?)

!Kung (Lloyd) : ǀǀxʼá-ssiŋ "ribs"

!Kung (Doke): !̯ʼa

Kavango : ɡǀǀxʼá

Ekoka : ɡǀǀxʼā

Tsumkwe : ɡ!xʼàá

Tsintsabis : ɡǀǀxʼàa

Leeunes : ɡǀǀxʼà

Mpunguvlei : ǀǀxʼà

Cuito : ǀǀxʼà

Cuando : ǀǀxʼà

Lister : ɡ!xʼàá

Notes : Class 4.

References : Bleek 22, 374, 505, 603, 661; Dickens 211; Heikkinen 1986; KH 132; Snyman 55; Snyman 1997: 50.

RefLex number: 464

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