North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √kũʰ

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: pimple, spot

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : kũ̏ũ̀ʰ-šè (n3 -si) "pimple, spot; (?) burrow of a porcupine" // (n4) "water-carrier (in a swarm of bees)"

References : Dickens 231.

RefLex number: 830

Proto-Ju: √kukuri

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: tadpole

Juǀʼhoan : kùkùrì (n2)

References : Dickens 1994: 230.

RefLex number: 823

Proto-Ju: √kuma

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: perhaps, maybe; to lie

Juǀʼhoan : kúmá

References : Dickens 230.

RefLex number: 824

Proto-Ju: √kuni

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: wagon

Juǀʼhoan : kúní (n2 -si)

References : Dickens 1994: 230.

RefLex number: 825

Proto-Ju: √m

Meaning: verb particle frequently following the subject pronoun

Juǀʼhoan : m

References : Dickens 234.

RefLex number: 870

Proto-Ju: √ma

Meaning: to give

ǀǀAuǀǀen : má "give!"

References : Bleek 132.

RefLex number: 2858

Proto-Ju: √ma

Tonal pattern: XX [e]

Meaning: to be full of fruit (of a plant)

Ekoka : mȁ

References : KH 44.

RefLex number: 2865

Proto-Ju: √ma

Tonal pattern: MM [e]

Meaning: must, marker of obligation

Ekoka : mā

References : KH 44.

RefLex number: 2866

Proto-Ju: √ma-ɡǀoˤʔo

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: small metal bucket with lid

Juǀʼhoan : má-ɡǀòˤʔò-má (n2 -si)

References : Dickens 234.

RefLex number: 873

Proto-Ju: √maka

Meaning: year

!Kung (Lloyd) : mắka

!Kung (Doke): mākāː

Notes : < Bantu.

References : Bleek 133.

RefLex number: 2859

Proto-Ju: √makʰãĩ

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: tobacco

Juǀʼhoan : màkʰã̀ĩ̀ (n3) // màkʰã̀ĩ̀-!àùá (n5 -si) "tobacco pouch (which is made of cloth)"

!Kung (Lloyd) : mắka

!Kung (Doke): mākāː ~ mākāːɲā

References : Bleek 133, 134; Dickens 234.

RefLex number: 875

Proto-Ju: √mama

Tonal pattern: HL [j]

Meaning: thank you (interj.)

Juǀʼhoan : mámà

References : Dickens 234.

RefLex number: 876

Proto-Ju: √mama

Tonal pattern: HL [j]

Meaning: grandmother, granny

Juǀʼhoan : mámà (n1 -sĩ)

ǀǀAuǀǀen : mama "form of address to a grandparent or greatuncle, sometimes to a grandchild"

References : Bleek 134; Dickens 234.

RefLex number: 877

Proto-Ju: √mama

Meaning: bead

!O!Kung (Bleek) : mama "blue bead" // mama !ãũ "white bead"

References : Bleek 134.

RefLex number: 2860

Proto-Ju: √mamani-

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: firefly

Juǀʼhoan : mámáníkòdȁȍʰ (2)

References : Dickens 234.

RefLex number: 878

Proto-Ju: √mani

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to turn, answer, change, change direction, turn into something else

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : mànì

References : Dickens 234.

RefLex number: 879

Proto-Ju: √mara

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: but, however

Juǀʼhoan : mȁrȁ

Notes : < Afrikaans.

References : Dickens 234.

RefLex number: 885

Proto-Ju: √mare

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: bread

Juǀʼhoan : màrè (n3)

References : Dickens 234.

RefLex number: 886

Proto-Ju: √mari

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: maize (meal)

Juǀʼhoan : márí (n4)

Notes : < Afrikaans.

References : Dickens 234.

RefLex number: 887

Proto-Ju: √mari

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: money

Juǀʼhoan : màrì (n5)

!Kung (Vedder): mari

!Kung (Wilhelm): mŏriː

Kavango : màri̋

Ekoka : mȁhlī (mʰȁlí) (1)

Notes : < Bantu mali < English.

References : Bleek 135, 138; Dickens 234; Heikkinen 1986; KH 45.

RefLex number: 888