North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: *ɳ!̯ŋ

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: eland

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!àŋ (n2) // ɳ!àŋ-ɳǀǀàˤ (n5 -si) "herd of eland bulls"; ɳ!àŋ-cȁrò (n5 -si) "herd of eland"; ɳ!àŋ-cʼí (n5 -si) "eland-dance, eland-song"; (?) ɳ!àŋ-kárí-kárí (n2 -si) "buffalo weaver, Bubalornis albirostris"; (?) ɳ!àŋ-cù (n5 -si) "plant spp., Ocimum americanum, Hemizygia bracteosa"; (?) ɳ!àŋ-!ȁìhã̀ (n5 -si) "plant sp., Nesaea rigidula"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɳ!eŋ

ǀǀAuǀǀen : !ni

!Kung (Lloyd) : ɳǀǀĩŋ

!Kung (Doke): ɳ!̯ã

!Kung (Weich): ɳǀǀaŋ

!O!Kung (Bleek) : ɳǀǀi

!O!Kung (Snyman): ɳǀǀàŋ

References : Bleek 478, 511, 619; Dickens 248; Snyman 3; Snyman 1980: 16; Weich 57.

RefLex number: 1143