Proto-Ju: *ʼɳǀe
Tonal pattern: HH [j] ~ MM [k] ~ MM [e]
Meaning: head
Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀáí (n5 -si) "head, intelligence, ball (of a club), fruit (especially when newly formed), bulb, corn" // ɳǀáí-ɳǀà-ɳǀànà (n5 -si) "comb (of a bird)"; ɳǀáí-!ã́ṹ (n5 -si) "headache", etc.
ǀǀAuǀǀen : ɳǀe ~ ɳǀi, pl. ɳǀesi
!Kung (Lloyd) : ɳǀé, pl. ɳǀe-ɳǀé ~ ɳǀe-ssiŋ
!Kung (Doke): ɳǀeː ~ ɳǀai
!Kung (Vedder): ɳǀeː
!O!Kung (Bleek) : ɳǀé, pl. ɳǀēsiŋ
Kavango : ʔɳǀé (W) ~ ɳǀé (E)
Ekoka : ɳǀē
Tsumkwe : ɳǀái
Tsintsabis : ɳǀàe
Okongo : ɳǀè
Leeunes : ɳǀè ~ ɳǀái
Mpunguvlei : ɳǀe
Cuito : ɳǀe
Cuando : ɳǀe
South Omatako : ɳǀè
North Omatako : ɳǀái
Kameeldoring : ɳǀè
Lister : ɳǀái
Notes : Class 4.
References : Bleek 343, 346, 347; Dickens 238; Heikkinen 1986; KH 135; Snyman 1997: 57.
RefLex number: 935
