North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √kʰũĩ

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to be like this, thus

Juǀʼhoan : kʰṹĩ́ // kʰṹĩ́-kèhè "here, this (same) place"; kʰṹĩ́-tȍʔà "there, that (same) place"

References : Dickens 227.

RefLex number: 770

Proto-Ju: √kʰuma

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to visit

Juǀʼhoan : kʰúmá

References : Dickens 1994: 227.

RefLex number: 772

Proto-Ju: √kʰuma

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to neglect (e. g. a sick person); make worse (e. g. a wound by touching it)

Juǀʼhoan : kʰùmà-sì

References : Dickens 1994: 227.

RefLex number: 773

Proto-Ju: √kʰuni

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: cucurbit (bigger species, such as pumpkin, tsamma melon etc.)

Juǀʼhoan : kʰúníníkʰà (n3 -si)

References : Dickens 1994: 227.

RefLex number: 774

Proto-Ju: √kʰuri

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to become visible (as distance between object and oneself gets smaller)

Juǀʼhoan : kʰùrí

References : Dickens 1994: 227.

RefLex number: 775

Proto-Ju: √kʰuri

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to dig out (roots in great quantities)

Juǀʼhoan : kʰȕrȉ

References : Dickens 1994: 228.

RefLex number: 776

Proto-Ju: √kʰute

Tonal pattern: XH [j]

Meaning: long-nosed mouse

Juǀʼhoan : kʰȕútè (n2)

References : Dickens 1994: 228.

RefLex number: 777

Proto-Ju: √ko

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: instr. trans. particle

Juǀʼhoan : kò

References : Dickens 1994: 228.

RefLex number: 780

Proto-Ju: √kõʔã

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to chew with a sideways motion; pull one's mouth sideways

Juǀʼhoan : kòʔã́-kòʔã́

References : Dickens 230.

RefLex number: 817

Proto-Ju: √kõã

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to stretch (e. g. a shoe by forcing one's foot into it); loosen (by bending something back and forth)

Juǀʼhoan : kõ̀ã̀

References : Dickens 228.

RefLex number: 785

Proto-Ju: √kõãˤ

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: grey loerie, Corythaixoides concolor; mouse-bird Urocolius indicus

Juǀʼhoan : kõ̀ã̀ˤ-čʰì (n2) // (?) kõ̀ã̀ˤ-čʰì (n3 -si) "lepelhout, Crocoxylon transvaalense"

References : Dickens 1994: 229.

RefLex number: 788

Proto-Ju: √koaʰ

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: shortly afterwards

Juǀʼhoan : kȍȁʰ

References : Dickens 228.

RefLex number: 782

Proto-Ju: √kõãʰ

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: knife

Juǀʼhoan : kõ̏ã̀ʰ (n3 -si) // kõ̏ã̀ʰ-čʼù (n5 -si) "knife-sheath"; kõ̏ã̀ʰ-cʼàù (n5 -si) "knife-blade"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): koʔã

References : Dickens 228; Snyman 33.

RefLex number: 783

Proto-Ju: √koba

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to neglect (e.g. a sick person)

Juǀʼhoan : kòbá-sì

References : Dickens 1994: 229.

RefLex number: 790

Proto-Ju: √ko-cʼãũ

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to run away

Juǀʼhoan : kò-cʼã̀ũ̀

References : Dickens 1994: 230.

RefLex number: 816

Proto-Ju: √koe

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: thus, like this

Juǀʼhoan : kòè

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): kwe

References : Dickens 229; Snyman 42.

RefLex number: 792

Proto-Ju: √koe

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to race (against each other)

Juǀʼhoan : kòè-à kʰòè

References : Dickens 229.

RefLex number: 793

Proto-Ju: √kõẽ

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: plant sp., lepelhout, Crocoxylon transvaalense

Juǀʼhoan : kõ̀ẽ̀ (n3 -si)

References : Dickens 229.

RefLex number: 794

Proto-Ju: √koeˤ

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to be safe

Juǀʼhoan : kòéˤ

References : Dickens 230.

RefLex number: 807

Proto-Ju: √koˤʔi

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: plant sp., Pterodiscus luridus

Juǀʼhoan : kȍˤʔì-šè (n3 -si)

References : Dickens 1994: 230.

RefLex number: 809