North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √paiˤ

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: pipe (for irrigation etc.)

Juǀʼhoan : pȁìˤ (n5 -si) ~ pȁìˤ-pà (n5 -si)

!O!Kung (Bleek) : pɛši

References : Bleek 157; Dickens 260.

RefLex number: 1356

Proto-Ju: √pãĩˤ

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to be broken (of something flat, e. g. the bark of a tree)

Juǀʼhoan : pȁĩ̀ˤ // pȁĩ̀ˤ (n5 -si) "fragment, small piece"

References : Dickens 260.

RefLex number: 1357

Proto-Ju: √pam

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: black eagle, Aquila verreauxi; martial eagle, Polemaetus bellicosus

Juǀʼhoan : pàmmpàmm (n2 -si)

!Kung (Lloyd) : bambàm ~ bam-bám "a certain black bird"

!Kung (Wilhelm): bămbăm "horned crow"

!O!Kung (Bleek) : pampam "a bird, (?) paauw"

Kavango : pȁmpȁḿ "ground hornbill"

Ekoka : phȁphȁḿ (n3) "southern ground hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)"

Notes : Relation between the Ovambo/Ekoka and Juǀhoan words is uncertain (semantically both words denote large types of birds, but the phonetic difference is rather serious).

References : Bleek 14, 156; Dickens 260; Heikkinen 1986; KH: 62.

RefLex number: 1354

Proto-Ju: √pam

Meaning: crocodile

!Kung (Doke): pāmpām

References : Bleek 156.

RefLex number: 2811

Proto-Ju: √pam-buru

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: aardvark cucumber, Cucumis humifractus

Juǀʼhoan : pȁmmbúrú (n3)

References : Dickens 260.

RefLex number: 1353

Proto-Ju: √pana

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to hobble (an animal)

Juǀʼhoan : páná

References : Dickens 260.

RefLex number: 1355

Proto-Ju: √pangoe

Meaning: Indian hemp, 'dagga'

!O!Kung (Bleek) : paŋgwe

References : Bleek 156.

RefLex number: 2813

Proto-Ju: √pangu

Meaning: a native food ('muanza')

!O!Kung (Bleek) : pangu

Notes : Cf. also !O!Kung puŋgu "meal"; Ovambo pűŋgű "mealies", Ekoka pūŋgū (n1) "meal", pūŋgū tònnȁ (n4) "maize meal" < Kwanyama.

References : Bleek 156, 159; Heikkinen 1986; KH: 62.

RefLex number: 2812

Proto-Ju: √para

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: pole, log

Juǀʼhoan : pàrà (ka -si)

Notes : < Afrikaans.

References : Dickens 260.

RefLex number: 1359

Proto-Ju: √pari

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: goat

Juǀʼhoan : párí ~ bàrì (n2 -) // párí-mà (n2, pl. párí-mʰí) "kid"; párí-ɳǀóá (n5 -si) "goat-skin, a thin goat"

ǀǀAuǀǀen : biri // pl. biri-te

!Kung (Lloyd) : bɛrri ~ bǘri

Tsumkwe : pári

Tsintsabis : bàri

Leeunes : bàri

Cuito : bèlèlè

Cuando : bèlèlè

South Omatako : bárí

North Omatako : bárí

Kameeldoring : bìrí

Lister : bárí

Various addenda: Passarge (ǀǀAuǀǀen): puli. Passarge (!Kung): puli.

Notes : < Tswana.

References : Bleek 16, 18, 159; Dickens 189, 260; Snyman 1997: 64.

RefLex number: 35

Proto-Ju: √pari

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: policeman

Juǀʼhoan : pàrí (n2 -si)

Notes : < English.

References : Dickens 260.

RefLex number: 1361

Proto-Ju: √pariši

Tonal pattern: LHH [j]

Meaning: price

Juǀʼhoan : pàríší (n5 -si)

Notes : < Afrikaans.

References : Dickens 260.

RefLex number: 1360

Proto-Ju: √patoni

Tonal pattern: XXL [j]

Meaning: pattern, template

Juǀʼhoan : pȁtȍnì (n3 -si)

Notes : < Afrikaans. Cf. Juǀhoan bȁtòrò (n5 -si) 'sewing pattern, template'.

References : Dickens 189, 260.

RefLex number: 38

Proto-Ju: √pẽ

Meaning: a certain plant of which the leaf is smoked

!O!Kung (Bleek) : pẽ

References : Bleek 157.

RefLex number: 2814

Proto-Ju: √peke

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: pick, pickaxe

Juǀʼhoan : pȅkȅ (n3 -si)

Notes : < English.

References : Dickens 260.

RefLex number: 1362

Proto-Ju: √peleki

Tonal pattern: LLH [e]

Meaning: corrugated iron

Ekoka : pèlèkí (n3)

References : KH: 62.

RefLex number: 2821

Proto-Ju: √pembe

Meaning: goat

!O!Kung (Bleek) : pembe

References : Bleek 157.

RefLex number: 2815

Proto-Ju: √pepe

Meaning: to blow (of wind)

!O!Kung (Bleek) : pepe

References : Bleek 157.

RefLex number: 2816

Proto-Ju: √petoro

Tonal pattern: LLL [j]

Meaning: petrol

Juǀʼhoan : pètòrò (n3) ~ pètròl (n3) // pètròl-ɡ!ȍȅhȁ (n4 -si) "accelerator (of a motor-vehicle)"

References : Dickens 260.

RefLex number: 1363

Proto-Ju: √pʰa[m]

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to flap, flutter (of clothes or paper etc.)

Juǀʼhoan : pʰám-pʰá-pʰáré

References : Dickens 260.

RefLex number: 1364