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Proto-Ju: *mi ~ *ma
Tonal pattern: HH [j]
Meaning: I, 1st person pr.
Juǀʼhoan : mí
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): mi
ǀǀAuǀǀen : m ~ me ~ mi ~ mu
!Kung (Lloyd) : mé ~ mi ~ mĩ ~ m
!Kung (Doke): m̀ ~ mī ~ mīhī
!Kung (Vedder): mʔ ~ mi
!Kung (Wilhelm): meː ~ me ~ mi ~ mʔxen
!O!Kung (Bleek) : m ~ me ~ mi
!O!Kung (Snyman): ma ~ mi
Kavango : má ~ mi̋
Ekoka : mā ~ mí
Notes : The relations between this labial-based pronoun and occasional forms with other nasals (e. g. the possessive prefix ŋ= 'my' in Doke's !Kung) are unclear.
RefLex number: 892
Proto-Ju: *na
Tonal pattern: LL [j] ~ LL [k] ~ LL [e]
Meaning: to give
Juǀʼhoan : nà "give me!; (dat. pr.) for me, to me"
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): na
ǀǀAuǀǀen : na
!Kung (Lloyd) : ná
!Kung (Doke): nāː
!Kung (Vedder): naː
!Kung (Wilhelm): na sĭn "let see"
!O!Kung (Bleek) : na
!O!Kung (Snyman): nà "give to me"
Kavango : nà "give me"
Ekoka : nà "give me" // nèʔè "give"
RefLex number: 895
Proto-Ju: *naʔm
Tonal pattern: LL [j]
Meaning: ostrich
Juǀʼhoan : nàʔm (n2 ) "black korhaan, Afrotis afra" // nàʔm-!ʼʰáú-!ʼʰáú (n2 ) "dikkop, Burhinus capensis"
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): nemʔm "id."
!Kung (Lloyd) : nʔamm̀ ~ nʔʌḿm ~ nĕʌḿm "ostrich"
Kavango : nàʔm̋ "ostrich"
Ekoka : naʔm̄
Tsintsabis : nàm̀ḿ
Okongo : nàḿm̀
Leeunes : nām̄m̀
Mpunguvlei : nām̄m̀
RefLex number: 903
Proto-Ju: *nabo
Tonal pattern: LL [j]
Meaning: to gather (veldfood for a few days)
Juǀʼhoan : nàbò
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): nabo
ǀǀAuǀǀen : nabbo
RefLex number: 900
Proto-Ju: *naˤni
Tonal pattern: XL [j] ~ ML [k]
Meaning: needle
Juǀʼhoan : nȁˤnì ~ nã́ĩ́ ~ nĩ̀ (n3 -si )
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): naˤni
!Kung (Lloyd) : nănni
Kavango : nánì
Ekoka : nã̄nī (1 )
Tsumkwe : nāˤnì
Tsintsabis : nànì
Okongo : nànì
Leeunes : nàn
Mpunguvlei : nàni
South Omatako : nan
North Omatako : nání
Kameeldoring : nání
Lister : nĩ̀
RefLex number: 901
Proto-Ju: *nam
Tonal pattern: HH [j]
Meaning: lamp, lantern, torch
Juǀʼhoan : nám (n3 -si )
Ekoka : nām (1 )
RefLex number: 905
Proto-Ju: *nani ~ *nini
Tonal pattern: HH [j]
Meaning: mosquito
Juǀʼhoan : náníbè (n2 )
!Kung (Doke): nāɺĩ̄vī
Ekoka : nĩ́ní-mà / nĩ́ní-m̏ʰè (1 )
RefLex number: 906
Proto-Ju: *nau
Meaning: mushroom
!Kung (Doke): nǎuː
Tsintsabis : nāú
Leeunes : nàú
South Omatako : nàú
North Omatako : nàú
Kameeldoring : nàú
Notes : Cf. *dʰau id.; dialectal variants of the same root?
RefLex number: 2994
Proto-Ju: *nãũ
Tonal pattern: XL [e]
Meaning: hare
!Kung (Lloyd) : nã́ũ̀ ~ nːṍũ̀
Ekoka : nʰȁù ~ nʰã̏ũ̀ (1 )
Mpunguvlei : nãṹ
Cuito : nãṹ
RefLex number: 2995
Proto-Ju: *ntʰari
Tonal pattern: XL [j] ~ LL [k]
Meaning: tongue
Juǀʼhoan : dʰȁrì (n5 -si )
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): dʼʰeri
ǀǀAuǀǀen : tarí
!Kung (Lloyd) : tɛ́rri
!Kung (Doke): n_tʰālī
!Kung (Vedder): tàri
!Kung (Wilhelm): tắriː ~ tĭri
!O!Kung (Bleek) : tali
!O!Kung (Snyman): tʰārì
Kavango : dʰàr rì
Ekoka : d̀tʰàlì (4 )
Tsumkwe : dʰārì
Tsintsabis : tʰàrì
Okongo : tʰàrì
Leeunes : dʰàrè
Mpunguvlei : tʰàrì
Cuito : tʰàrì
Cuando : tʰàrì
South Omatako : dʰàrì
North Omatako : dʰàrì
Kameeldoring : dʰàrí
Lister : dʰàrí
Notes : As is the standard situation elsewhere in Khoisan (and beyond Khoisan as well), the word features severe consonantal irregularities. The fluctuation between all four possible variants of the dental stop (t, tʰ, d, dʰ ) is not easily explained, nor is the prenasalisation in Doke's n_tʰali ; the latter may, in fact, be archaic, given the presence of nasal articulation in potentially related words for 'tongue' outside NK.
RefLex number: 131
Proto-Ju: *ŋ
Meaning: no
ǀǀAuǀǀen : ŋ̀ŋ́
!Kung (Lloyd) : ŋ-ŋ̀
RefLex number: 2998
Proto-Ju: *o
Tonal pattern: HH [j]
Meaning: to be
Juǀʼhoan : ó
Tsumkwe : ò
Tsintsabis : òa
Okongo : òa
Leeunes : òwà ~ wá
Mpunguvlei : òwá ~ wá
Cuito : òwá ~ wá
South Omatako : ò
North Omatako : ō
Kameeldoring : ò
Lister : o
RefLex number: 1345
Proto-Ju: *o
Tonal pattern: LL [j]
Meaning: to do, make
Juǀʼhoan : òò // òò-sí (n5 -si ) "habit, custom, way of doing something"; òò-à-sì (n5 ) "doings, tracks"
!Kung (Lloyd) : ó
!Kung (Vedder): ɔ̂ː ~ gɔ̂ː
Ekoka : ȍ
RefLex number: 1347
Proto-Ju: *=ha
Tonal pattern: HH [j]
Meaning: adv. suffix (past tense?)
Juǀʼhoan : kàˤá-há "already"
ǀǀAuǀǀen : ha "past tense marker"
RefLex number: 2809
Proto-Ju: *=si
Tonal pattern: LL [j]
Meaning: pl. suffix
Juǀʼhoan : =sì
RefLex number: 1401
Proto-Ju: *=sĩ
Tonal pattern: HH [j]
Meaning: plural suffix with kin-terms, and some adjectives, and when suffixed to names, having the significance "...and company"
Juǀʼhoan : =sĩ́
References : Dickens 1994: 263.
RefLex number: 1403
Proto-Ju: *sa
Tonal pattern: LL [j] ~ MM [k] ~ MM [e]
Meaning: they two, them two, their two
Juǀʼhoan : sà // sá "and" (nom. conj. dual )
Kavango : sá
Ekoka : šā
RefLex number: 1376
Proto-Ju: *sã
Tonal pattern: LL [j]
Meaning: a k. of plant and powder made out of it
Juǀʼhoan : sã̀ (n4 ) "plant sp., Hemizygia bracteosa; powder made from this plant"
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): sã "powder (body)"
ǀǀAuǀǀen : cã
!Kung (Lloyd) : sã́ "buchu"
!Kung (Doke): sã̄ "snuff"
RefLex number: 1385
Proto-Ju: *saʔa
Tonal pattern: LH [j] ~ LM [k] ~ LM [e]
Meaning: to understand, hear, feel, smell
Juǀʼhoan : càʔá // cí=càʔá "to ask"; (n5 -si ) "question"
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): caʔa
ǀǀAuǀǀen : cá ~ čʼa
!Kung (Lloyd) : saa ~ sːaá ~ sá ~ ssá // ʒãˤ "all"
!Kung (Doke): sēʔà
!Kung (Vedder): ʒʼâ
!Kung (Wilhelm): ʒaː
!O!Kung (Bleek) : sáá
!O!Kung (Snyman): čàbà ~ càbà
Kavango : càʔá
Ekoka : čà ~ čàʔā
Tsumkwe : càʔá
Tsintsabis : sàʔá
Okongo : čàʔá
Leeunes : sàʔá
Mpunguvlei : càʔá ~ šàʔá
Cuito : sàʔá ~ šàʔá
Cuando : šàʔá ~ sàʔá
South Omatako : sàʔá
North Omatako : càʔá
Kameeldoring : càʔá
Lister : càʔá
RefLex number: 1592
Proto-Ju: *saˤ
Tonal pattern: XX [j]
Meaning: to set (a dog on someone)
Juǀʼhoan : sȁˤ
Kavango : sàű
RefLex number: 1386
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