North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √!ʼʰui

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: sound of falling (ideophone)

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼʰùì

References : Dickens 1994: 324.

RefLex number: 2515

Proto-Ju: √!ʼo

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to hit with a cane

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼó

References : Dickens 1994: 324.

RefLex number: 2518

Proto-Ju: √!ʼo-

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: plant sp., Grewia falcistipula

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼó-kʰúí

References : Dickens 1994: 325.

RefLex number: 2535

Proto-Ju: √!ʼõã

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to drink up (the last), throw out (the last)

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼõ̀ã̀-!ʼõ̀ã̀

References : Dickens 324.

RefLex number: 2525

Proto-Ju: √!ʼõãʰ

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to open, uncover

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼõ̏ã̏ʰ

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): !ʼwã

References : Dickens 324; Snyman 32.

RefLex number: 2520

Proto-Ju: √!ʼom

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: side, alongside, next to

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼóm (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 1994: 324.

RefLex number: 2528

Proto-Ju: √!ʼom

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to divide up (esp. meat in order to share it out)

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼóm

References : Dickens 325.

RefLex number: 2529

Proto-Ju: √!ʼom

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to eat fruit

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼòm

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): !ʼom

References : Dickens 325; Snyman 18.

RefLex number: 2530

Proto-Ju: √!ʼom

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to curl up into a ball (e.g. of a pangolin); be like peppercorn (of one's hair); (?) to dribble, drip, drizzle

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼóm-!ʼòm

References : Dickens 1994: 324.

RefLex number: 2532

Proto-Ju: √!ʼoma

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to be deaf

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼómá

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): !ʼoma

References : Dickens 325; Snyman 54.

RefLex number: 2531

Proto-Ju: √!ʼona

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to carry over one shoulder with a strap

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼòànà

References : Dickens 1994: 324.

RefLex number: 2524

Proto-Ju: √!ʼore

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to take apart, dismantle

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼóré

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): !ʼore

References : Dickens 325; Snyman 16.

RefLex number: 2534

Proto-Ju: √!ʼoro

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to drink a little of something (but not enough to quench one's thirst)

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼòò=!ʼòrò

References : Dickens 1994: 325.

RefLex number: 2533

Proto-Ju: √!ʼu

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: boys' initiation dance

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼù (n2) // (?) !ʼù tè !ȁàʰ "to run"

References : Dickens 1994: 325.

RefLex number: 2538

Proto-Ju: √!ʼu-

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: mouse (praise name)

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼú-xʼáí (n2)

References : Dickens 1994: 325.

RefLex number: 2546

Proto-Ju: √!ʼũ-

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: plant spp., Commelina subalata, Commelina forskalaei

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼṹ-gó (n3 -si)

References : Dickens 1994: 325.

RefLex number: 2541

Proto-Ju: √!ʼũ

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to pick up (by the handful)

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼũ̀

References : Dickens 325.

RefLex number: 2548

Proto-Ju: √!ʼũ

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to jump back, aside

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼṹ

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): !ʼõ

References : Dickens 326; Snyman 28.

RefLex number: 2550

Proto-Ju: √!ʼũ

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to buzz, rattle

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼũ̏-!ʼũ̏

References : Dickens 1994: 326.

RefLex number: 2551

Proto-Ju: √!ʼubi

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to turn over, be upside down

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼùbì

References : Dickens 325.

RefLex number: 2539