North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: *ɡ!ai

Tonal pattern: XX [j] ~ XX [k] ~ XX [e]

Meaning: blue wildebeest

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ɡ!ȁȉʰ (n2) // ɡ!ȁȉʰ-ǀǀʼʰùú (n2 -si) "herd of blue wildebeest"; (n5 -si) "thigh" (?)

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɡ!ei

ǀǀAuǀǀen : ɡ!ẽ̀ "wildebeest"

!Kung (Lloyd) : ɡ!ĭ́ "wildebeest"

!Kung (Weich): ɡ!ai

!O!Kung (Bleek) : gai ~ ɡ!è ~ ɡ!èì

!O!Kung (Snyman): ɡ!āi

Kavango : ɡ!ȁi

Ekoka : ɡ!ȁi "eland"

Various addenda: Passarge (ǀǀAuǀǀen): $gai "gnu".

References : Bleek 42, 381, 382, 687; Dickens 209; Heikkinen 1986; KH 130; Snyman 54; Snyman 1980: 34; Weich 20.

RefLex number: 417

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