North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √šau

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to become tired

Juǀʼhoan : šȁù

References : Dickens 191.

RefLex number: 76

Proto-Ju: √šini

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: still, yet; while

Juǀʼhoan : šíníhá

References : Dickens 192.

RefLex number: 82

Proto-Ju: √šoˤi

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: powdered milk

Juǀʼhoan : šȍìˤ-šȍìˤ

References : Dickens 192.

RefLex number: 90

Proto-Ju: √šoro

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: kernel of a nut which has rotted and shrivelled while still on the tree

Juǀʼhoan : šòrò (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 192.

RefLex number: 92

Proto-Ju: √šu

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: ouch! (when touching something hot)

Juǀʼhoan : šù

RefLex number: 94

Proto-Ju: √šubu

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to be cheap

Juǀʼhoan : šùbú // (n5) "cheapness"

References : Dickens 193.

RefLex number: 98

Proto-Ju: √šurute

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: debt

Juǀʼhoan : šùrùtè (n5 -si)

Notes : Borrowed from Afrikaans.

References : Dickens 193.

RefLex number: 102

Proto-Ju: √ta

Meaning: no, not

ǀǀAuǀǀen : tá "no" // ta "not"

!Kung (Lloyd) : tãĩ ~ tːãĩ "not to do, desist from, must not" // tẽ̀, te "to desist from, leave off, not to do"

!Kung (Doke): tāːŋʔō "to prohibit, say 'mustn't'"

!Kung (Vedder): tãĩ "not to do, desist from, must not"

References : Bleek 185, 188, 192, 196.

RefLex number: 2869

Proto-Ju: √ta

Meaning: to be at, stay

!Kung (Lloyd) : ta "verbal particle"

!O!Kung (Bleek) : ta ~ te // tane "to stay"

References : Bleek 185, 192, 196.

RefLex number: 2870

Proto-Ju: √ta

Meaning: actually, possibly

Ekoka : tá

References : KH 62.

RefLex number: 2905

Proto-Ju: √tã

Meaning: load

!O!Kung (Bleek) : tã̀

References : Bleek 186.

RefLex number: 2871

Proto-Ju: √taʔabi

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to peep under, lift something up in order to see underneath (e. g. a blanket)

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : tàʔábí

References : Dickens 267.

RefLex number: 1455

Proto-Ju: √taba

Meaning: to work, make

!Kung (Lloyd) : taba // xʼaru taba "to seek in vain"

!O!Kung (Bleek) : tava

Ekoka : tàbā "do something without completing it"

References : Bleek 187, 195; KH 63.

RefLex number: 2872

Proto-Ju: √tabe

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to glimmer, glint

Juǀʼhoan : tàtàbè // (n5 -si) "mirage"

References : Dickens 266.

RefLex number: 1447

Proto-Ju: √tae

Tonal pattern: LL [j] ~ LL [e]

Meaning: tie

Juǀʼhoan : tʰàè (n3 -si)

Ekoka : tàè (3)

Notes : < English.

References : Dickens 271; KH 63.

RefLex number: 1518

Proto-Ju: √tafere

Tonal pattern: XXX [j]

Meaning: table

Juǀʼhoan : tȁfȅrȅ (n3 -si)

Notes : < Afrikaans.

References : Dickens 265.

RefLex number: 1420

Proto-Ju: √taˤ

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: termite sp.

Juǀʼhoan : tȁˤ (n2)

References : Dickens 266.

RefLex number: 1434

Proto-Ju: √taˤʔaba

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: food plant, Stapeliae sp.

Juǀʼhoan : tȁˤʔà=tȁˤʔàbà (n3 -si)

References : Dickens 265.

RefLex number: 1439

Proto-Ju: √taˤʔa[na]

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to be churlish, spiteful

Juǀʼhoan : tȁˤʔànà

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): taˤnaˤ

References : Dickens 266; Snyman 17.

RefLex number: 1440

Proto-Ju: √taˤʔara

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to wish (for)

Juǀʼhoan : tȁˤʔàrà

References : Dickens 266.

RefLex number: 1441