Peripheral Khoisan etymology : Query result

Number : 61

Proto-Bushman : *ǂa (?)

Meaning : earth

Proto-!Wi : *ǂ₁a(u)

Notes : An unclear (and phonetically extremely dubious) !Wi isogloss. Possibly related to *ǂkxV- id., but no definitive proof exists.

Number : 62

Proto-Bushman : *ʔŋ

Meaning : to eat

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *ʔm

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ʔã̂

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *ɛ̃

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

ǂHoan : *ʔam

Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan

Number : 63

Proto-Bushman : *ɳ!₁u (?)

Meaning : egg

Proto-Ju : *ɳ!u

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ɳǀǀò^h

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Notes : Etymology somewhat dubious (unclear vocalism and suffixation in !Xóõ).

Number : 64

Proto-Bushman : *ɡǂhu-

Meaning : egg

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *ɡǂhui

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ɡǂú

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *ǂúa

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

References : Honken 1998: 176.

Number : 65

Proto-Bushman : *čxui (?)

Meaning : egg

ǂHoan : *čxui, *khoʔẽ

Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan

Notes : Isolated ǂHoan form (forms?) with questionable phonetics (only attested in Traill 1973).

Number : 66

Proto-Bushman : *ǀʷaʔa

Meaning : eye

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *ɡǀaʔa

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-!Wi : *ʘoi (?)

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

ǂHoan : *ʘoa

Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan

Number : 67

Proto-Bushman : *caʔa- (*s-)

Meaning : face; eye

Proto-Taa : *sã̀ʔ

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *cʔaxu

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

Notes : Phonetically a very good SK isogloss, although semantically there are certain problems (note, however, that Proto-!Wi *cʔa-x[a]u is most probably a composite noun). No reliable external parallels, though.

Number : 68

Proto-Bushman : *!ʔoi (?)

Meaning : eye

Proto-Taa : *!ʔṹĩ̀

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Notes : A Taa isogloss.

Number : 69

Proto-Bushman : *ɳǀai (?)

Meaning : fat

Proto-Ju : *ɳǀi

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Notes : A NK isogloss.

Number : 70

Proto-Bushman : *čŋ̥

Meaning : fat

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *šʰiˤŋ

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *sã̰̀

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *sɔ̃ẽ

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

ǂHoan : *čã

Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan

Number : 71

Proto-Bushman : *du^hʔ (?)

Meaning : ostrich feather

Proto-Taa : *dū^hʔ

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Notes : Isolated Taa root.

Number : 72

Proto-Bushman : *ɳǂu (?)

Meaning : hair; feather

ǂHoan : *ɳǂu

Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan

Notes : Isolated ǂHoan form.

Number : 73

Proto-Bushman : *daʔ- (*ʔna-?)

Meaning : fire, to burn

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *daʔa

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *nà̰^hʔni (?)

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Notes : The NK form has good outside parallels; however, comparison with SK *nà̰^hʔni, although tempting (cf. *ʔna̰^h[-N] 'gums'), is not reliable, particularly due to vocalism problems. Cf., however, Sandawe *naʔ- 'to burn', which may shed extra light on the problem.

Number : 74

Proto-Bushman : *ǀʔɛ

Meaning : fire

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Taa : *ǀʔà

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *ǀʔe

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

ǂHoan : *ɡʘoa [?]

Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan

Notes : A SK isogloss, obviously archaic, since it has good external parallels in CK. Within PB, however, the only possible connection is with the ǂHoan form - very dubious because neither the click efflux nor the vocalism do not correspond well.

Number : 75

Proto-Bushman : *ǀǀʔau

Meaning : fish

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *ǀǀʼau

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Notes : Good NK root with CK correspondences. (The word "fish" is not recorded for any attested SK language, not even for !Xóõ).

Number : 76

Proto-Bushman : *ɳ!o̰BV

Meaning : to race, run fast, fly

Proto-Ju : *ɳ!o[-m]

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ɳ!ò̰ba

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Number : 77

Proto-Bushman : *ǀǀau (?)

Meaning : to fly

Proto-!Wi : *ǀǀau

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

Notes : A !Wi isogloss with predictably dubious phonology.

Number : 78

Proto-Bushman : *ʒɔ̰-

Meaning : to fly

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : √ʒõĩˤ

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ʒā̰

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *ʒe

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

ǂHoan : *zo̰e

Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan

Number : 79

Proto-Bushman : *ǀkxa

Meaning : hand

Proto-Taa : *ǀkxà

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *ǀkxa

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

Notes : A SK isogloss; cf., perhaps, PNK *!kxai 'foot'.

Number : 80

Proto-Bushman : *ɳǂu

Meaning : foot

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂù

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *ɳǂ₂U

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

Notes : A SK isogloss.