North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √taˤʔi

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to bury oneself (of a hibernating frog, or a springhare preventing a predator from entering its burrow); to get stuck (of a vehicle in soft sand)

Juǀʼhoan : tȁˤʔì

References : Dickens 266.

RefLex number: 1442

Proto-Ju: √taˤm

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to buzz around (of bees etc. around a hive)

Juǀʼhoan : tȁˤm

References : Dickens 1994: 266.

RefLex number: 1437

Proto-Ju: √taˤm

Tonal pattern: XX [e]

Meaning: ten

Ekoka : tȁˤm

References : KH 138.

RefLex number: 2910

Proto-Ju: √taˤtaˤ

Meaning: to shake hands

!Kung (Lloyd) : tàˤtáˤ

References : Bleek 193, 194.

RefLex number: 2880

Proto-Ju: √tãĩ

Meaning: nice

ǀǀAuǀǀen : tãĩ

References : Bleek 188.

RefLex number: 2873

Proto-Ju: √tam

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: spider sp.

Juǀʼhoan : tàm-!á (n2)

References : Dickens 1994: 265.

RefLex number: 1429

Proto-Ju: √tam

Meaning: a certain plant with sweet-smelling leaves

!Kung (Lloyd) : tamm

References : Bleek 190.

RefLex number: 2874

Proto-Ju: √tam

Meaning: to rub (fire stick)

!Kung (Lloyd) : tʌḿm

References : Bleek 243.

RefLex number: 2903

Proto-Ju: √tam

Tonal pattern: XX [e]

Meaning: to be lame

Ekoka : tȁʰm̄

References : KH 63.

RefLex number: 2906

Proto-Ju: √tama

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to do unsuccessfully, in vain

Juǀʼhoan : tàmà

Ekoka : tàmtàm "do persistently"

References : Dickens 265; KH 62.

RefLex number: 1424

Proto-Ju: √tamaʰ

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: Herero person

Juǀʼhoan : tȁmȁʰ (n2 -si)

References : Dickens 265.

RefLex number: 1425

Proto-Ju: √tamaʰ

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: tsamma melon

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : tȁmȁʰ (n3) // tȁmȁʰ-ɡ!xù-ɡ!xù (n3) "plant sp., Sesamum triphyllum, S. alatum"; tȁmȁʰ-ɳ!õ̏ʔã̀ (n3) "melon-throwing game (played by girls and women)"

ǀǀAuǀǀen : tama

References : Bleek 190; Dickens 265.

RefLex number: 1426

Proto-Ju: √tami

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to lose one's way

Juǀʼhoan : támí

References : Dickens 265.

RefLex number: 1427

Proto-Ju: √tamta

Tonal pattern: HL [j]

Meaning: tadpole

Juǀʼhoan : tám-tà-kùrì (n2) // (?) tám-tá-tùrì-sà (n2 -si) "black crake, Limnocorax flavirostris; purple gallinule, Porphyrio porphyrio; grebe, Podliceps"

References : Dickens 265.

RefLex number: 1428

Proto-Ju: √tamtam

Meaning: a certain bird

!O!Kung (Bleek) : tàm-tàm

References : Bleek 191.

RefLex number: 2875

Proto-Ju: √tana

Meaning: to shoot

!O!Kung (Bleek) : tana ~ tane

References : Bleek 192.

RefLex number: 2877

Proto-Ju: √tani

Tonal pattern: XL [e]

Meaning: to draw a line

Ekoka : tȁʰnì

References : KH 63.

RefLex number: 2907

Proto-Ju: √taŋ

Tonal pattern: XX [k] ~ LX [e]

Meaning: to touch

!O!Kung (Bleek) : taŋ "to pull" (?)

Kavango : tȁŋ

Ekoka : tàŋ̏

References : Bleek 191; Heikkinen 1986; KH 63.

RefLex number: 2876

Proto-Ju: √taŋa

Meaning: to make

!O!Kung (Bleek) : taŋa

References : Bleek 192.

RefLex number: 2879

Proto-Ju: √tao ~ √tʰao

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to roll on the ground (of an animal)

Juǀʼhoan : tȁò ~ tʰàó

References : Dickens 265, 271.

RefLex number: 1432