Central Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Khoe : *thi- (?)

Meaning : many

Khoekhoe : *thí-

Notes : So far, encountered only in Kxoe.

Proto-Khoe : *thǔ

Meaning : night

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *thu (*c-)

West Khoe : *thǔ

East Khoe : *thǔ

Notes : Baucom: Shua, Buka thuu, ǂ'Oxoku tjuxu.

References : Baucom 24; Vossen 470.

Proto-Khoe : *thùí

Meaning : wound

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *thui

West Khoe : *thùí

East Khoe : *thùí

References : Vossen 508-9.

Proto-Khoe : *thuru

Meaning : to skin, plume, shed skin (of snake)

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *thuru

West Khoe : *thùrú

East Khoe : *thùrú

References : Vossen 448.

Proto-Khoe : *thũ̂

Meaning : to hurt, ache

Khoekhoe : *thũ

West Khoe : *thũ̂

East Khoe : *thũ̂

Notes : Baucom: Kx'am ||õã, ǂ'Oxoku thũ.

References : Baucom 22; Vossen 485.

Proto-Khoe : *tĩ

Meaning : to ask

Khoekhoe : *Tĩ

West Khoe : *tĩ

Notes : Baucom: ǂ'Oxoku tẽ. According to Vossen, Nharo < Nama; questionable.

References : Baucom 18; Vossen 438.

Proto-Khoe : *tí

Meaning : I, me

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *ti

West Khoe : *ti

East Khoe : *tí[-re]/*tá

Notes : The original situation is likely to have been best preserved in !Ora: *ti-re = *ti-de 'I (m.)', *ti-ta 'I (f.)'. Since ti- operates as a detachable prefix here, this explains why in some languages the forms te (< *de) and ta have replaced the original complex forms.

References : Vossen 234, 238, 239, etc..

Proto-Khoe : *-ti[a]

Meaning : f. pl. marker for nouns

Khoekhoe : *-ti

West Khoe : *-ʒì

East Khoe : *-ʒà/*-ʒì

Notes : Irregular palatalization in Proto-Nicht-Khoekhoe.

Proto-Khoe : *tĩ̂

Meaning : thigh

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *tĩ

West Khoe : *tĩ̂

East Khoe : *tĩ̂

Notes : Baucom: Molepolole tẽ.

References : Baucom 23; Vossen 473.

Proto-Khoe : *to[b]e

Meaning : root

West Khoe : *to[b]e

Notes : Cf. *toe "spread" - same root?

Proto-Khoe : *Tòé

Meaning : to move away, move out, fly

Khoekhoe : *doe

West Khoe : *tòé

East Khoe : *tUe

References : Baucom 20; Vossen 505.

Proto-Khoe : *toe

Meaning : to spread

West Khoe : *to̰e

East Khoe : *t(h)Ue

Proto-Khoe : *tóm̀

Meaning : to swallow

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *tom

West Khoe : *tóm̀

East Khoe : *tóm̀

References : Baucom 27; Vossen 502.

Proto-Khoe : *tú

Meaning : rain; to rain

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *tu

West Khoe : *tú

East Khoe : *tú

Notes : Baucom: Molepolole tu.

References : Baucom 34; Vossen 477.

Proto-Khoe : *u

Meaning : to take; to transport

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *u

West Khoe : *ú

East Khoe : *u

Proto-Khoe : *u

Meaning : that

East Khoe : *u

Proto-Khoe : *ui

Meaning : to help

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *hui

West Khoe : *ui

Proto-Khoe : *xã́ĩ́

Meaning : to swell

Khoekhoe : *xãĩ

West Khoe : *xã́ĩ́

East Khoe : *xã́ĩ́

References : Baucom 27; Vossen 490.

Proto-Khoe : *xàḿ

Meaning : lion

Khoekhoe : *xam

West Khoe : *xàḿ

East Khoe : *xáḿ

Notes : Baucom: ||Gabake, Shua, Buka, Molepolole xam.

References : Baucom 23; Vossen 465.

Proto-Khoe : *xati (?)

Meaning : white

Khoekhoe : *xati

Notes : An unclear !Ora form with no etymology.