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North Khoisan etymology : Search within this database \data\bush\nkhet
Proto-Ju: *ɳ!̯aʔa
Tonal pattern: LX [j] ~ LL [k] ~ ML [e]
Meaning: big
Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ã̏ʔã̀ "to be big, be fat, be old (of people), be adult, be grown-up (sg. subj.)" // ɳ!ȁ-ɳ!ã̏ʔã̀ "fast, loudly, in a big way, much"
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɳ!aʔa
ǀǀAuǀǀen : ɳ!a ~ ɳ!aː ~ ɳ!aː-si
!Kung (Lloyd) : ɳǀǀʔá // ɳǀǀé ắ ~ ɳǀǀĕ-ã́ ~ ɳǀǀĕ ǀǀá "to be large, increase"
!Kung (Doke): -ɳ!̯ʔa
!Kung (Weich): ɳǀǀãʔã
!O!Kung (Bleek) : ɳǀǀa ~ ɳǀǀaː
Kavango : ɳǀǀàʔà
Ekoka : ɳǀǀà ~ ɳǀǀāʔà
Tsumkwe : ɳ!ã̄ʔà
Tsintsabis : ɳ!ã̄ʔà
Okongo : ɳǀǀã̄ʔà
Leeunes : ɳ!̯ã̀ʔa
Mpunguvlei : ɳǀǀã̀ʔá
Cuito : ɳǀǀã̀ʔá
Cuando : ɳǀǀã̀ʔá
South Omatako : ɳ!àʔá
North Omatako : ɳ!àʔá
Kameeldoring : ɳ!àʔá
Lister : ɳ!ã̀ʔá
Notes : The nasalisation in several dialects is unclear; since it does not function within NK as a morphological marker, it probably gets transferred onto the vowel under the influence of the nasal efflux.
RefLex number: 1147
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