North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: *ǂʼʰa (*-ã)

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: arm

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ǂʼʰã (n5 -si) "arm, fore-leg, strap (of a camera, a quiver, a loincloth etc.)" // ǂʼʰã̏-dí (n5 -sĩ) "left arm, left-hand side"; ǂʼʰã̏-ɳ!ȍˤ, pl. ǂʼʰã̏-ɳǀǀȁèˤ (n5) "right arm, right-hand side"; ǂʼʰã̏-ɳ!áŋ (n5 -si) "direction"; ǂʼʰã̏-ǂʼʰã̀-mà-mà-cã̀ "to carry in both hands"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ǂʼʰa

ǀǀAuǀǀen : ǂʰa ~ ǂʰã ~ ǂã

Nogau : ǀǀʰa

!Kung (Lloyd) : ǂʰa ~ ǂʰaː ~ ǂʰã

!Kung (Doke): ǂʼʰã̄ ~ ǂʰã

!Kung (Vedder): ǂʰã̀ː

!Kung (Wilhelm): ǂʰaː

!O!Kung (Bleek) : ǂʰã ~ ǀǀʰa

!O!Kung (Snyman): ǂʼʰà

Cuando : ǂʼʰã̀ "branch" (?)

South Omatako : ǂʼʰã̀ "thick branch" (?)

North Omatako : ǂʼʰã "branch" (?)

Notes : Honken (!Kung): ǂʼʰã̀.

References : Bleek 539, 650, 654, 660; Dickens 306, 307; Honken 1998:176; Snyman 53; Snyman 1980: 9; Snyman 1997: 89.

RefLex number: 2153