North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √naˤʔami

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to console

Juǀʼhoan : nàˤʔámí

References : Dickens 236.

RefLex number: 908

Proto-Ju: √naˤʔari

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to get wet

Juǀʼhoan : nàˤʔárídʰà

References : Dickens 236.

RefLex number: 910

Proto-Ju: √naˤʔ-[be]

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to beckon, lure

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : nȁˤʔàbè

Kavango : nãˤȕ

References : Dickens 236; Heikkinen 1986.

RefLex number: 907

Proto-Ju: √naˤni

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to be loose (of a tooth), be rickety

Juǀʼhoan : nã̀ˤ=nàˤní

References : Dickens 236.

RefLex number: 912

Proto-Ju: √nãˤũ

Tonal pattern: LH [e]

Meaning: to be soaked

!Kung (Vedder): nã̌ũ "flow" (?)

Ekoka : ʔnàˤú

References : Bleek 143; KH 146.

RefLex number: 2993

Proto-Ju: √naĩˤ

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to speak a foreign (non-click) language

Juǀʼhoan : nã̀ĩ́ˤ

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): nãẽˤ

References : Dickens 236; Snyman 31.

RefLex number: 911

Proto-Ju: √nainona

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: plastic container

Juǀʼhoan : nȁìnònà ~ nàìrònà ~ rȁȉrònà (n3 -si)

Notes : < English.

References : Dickens 236, 261.

RefLex number: 902

Proto-Ju: √nami

Tonal pattern: XX [e]

Meaning: go around, circle; around

Ekoka : nȁmȉ // nánámí "a house which has a coiled entrance"

References : KH 46.

RefLex number: 3003

Proto-Ju: √nari

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to be slow

Juǀʼhoan : nàrì

References : Dickens 236.

RefLex number: 913

Proto-Ju: √nari

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to be creamy, be fatty, be greasy

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : nàrì // nàrì-kàmìsà (n3) "sweets, candy"

References : Dickens 236.

RefLex number: 914

Proto-Ju: √naro

Meaning: an insect, Anthia thorocica

!Kung (Lloyd) : naˤnáˤrro

References : Bleek 143.

RefLex number: 2991

Proto-Ju: √naru

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to flap, swing (in the wind)

Juǀʼhoan : nȁrù

References : Dickens 236.

RefLex number: 915

Proto-Ju: √naru

Meaning: to be sleepy

ǀǀAuǀǀen : narru

References : Bleek 143.

RefLex number: 2992

Proto-Ju: √naši

Tonal pattern: LL [e]

Meaning: need

Ekoka : nàšì ~ nāšì

References : KH 45.

RefLex number: 3001

Proto-Ju: √nau

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: nearly, almost

Juǀʼhoan : nàù-šè ~ nì-šè

!Kung (Vedder): nè-šè

References : Bleek 145; Dickens 236, 237.

RefLex number: 916

Proto-Ju: √nãũ

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to be how?, do how?

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : nã̀ũ̀ ~ nĩ̀ // nã̀ũ̀ tàʔmá "be like what?, be how much?, be how many?"

References : Dickens 236, 237.

RefLex number: 917

Proto-Ju: √nãũ

Tonal pattern: HH [e]

Meaning: jump

Ekoka : nã́ṹ

References : KH 46.

RefLex number: 3005

Proto-Ju: √ndamba

Meaning: arrow tip

!O!Kung (Bleek) : ndamba

Notes : < Bantu.

References : Bleek 144.

RefLex number: 2997

Proto-Ju: √ndara

Meaning: white man

!O!Kung (Bleek) : ndala

Notes : < Bantu.

References : Bleek 144.

RefLex number: 2996

Proto-Ju: √ndoŋgo

Tonal pattern: LM [e]

Meaning: wild myrtle (Eugenia zeyheri)

Ekoka : ǹdōŋgòndòŋgò (1)

References : KH 46.

RefLex number: 3006