North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √tara

Tonal pattern: MM [k] ~ MM [e]

Meaning: bird sp. (small)

Kavango : tárárù

Ekoka : tālālù (1)

Notes : Cf. also Ovambo térérò "bird sp.", Ekoka télèlō (1) "kingfisher sp.".

References : Heikkinen 1986; KH 63, 68.

RefLex number: 2908

Proto-Ju: √taraʰ

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: wire, fence (made from wire)

Juǀʼhoan : tȁràʰ (n3) // taràʰ-ɡ!xʼà (n5 -si) "barbed wire"; tȁrȁʰ-ɳǀǀàmm (n3 -si) "steel wire"; tȁrȁʰ-cʼȉ (n5 -si) "gate (in a fence)"

Notes : < Afrikaans.

References : Dickens 266.

RefLex number: 1444

Proto-Ju: √tare

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: quickly

Juǀʼhoan : tátáré // (?) tátáré-čʰà "accuse"

!Kung (Lloyd) : tatáro "to whine in whispering"

!Kung (Doke): tātāɽū "to speak slowly" (?)

!Kung (Vedder): dàdaro "to whisper"

References : Bleek 20, 194; Dickens 266.

RefLex number: 1448

Proto-Ju: √tari

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to scrape, grade (a road)

Juǀʼhoan : tárí // (n5 -si) "grader (on roads)"

References : Dickens 266.

RefLex number: 1445

Proto-Ju: √tari

Meaning: to cover

!O!Kung (Bleek) : tʌli

References : Bleek 243.

RefLex number: 2902

Proto-Ju: √tari

Tonal pattern: LH [e]

Meaning: to walk or trot slowly

Ekoka : tàlí

References : KH 63.

RefLex number: 2909

Proto-Ju: √tau

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: rope

Juǀʼhoan : táú (n5 -si)

Notes : < Afrikaans.

References : Dickens 266.

RefLex number: 1449

Proto-Ju: √tau

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: jealous

Juǀʼhoan : tàù

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): teu

!Kung (Lloyd) : tóu "to be afraid of" (?)

Notes : Cf. *táṹ "to be angry"?

References : Bleek 209; Dickens 266; Snyman 21.

RefLex number: 1450

Proto-Ju: √tau

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to bob, float (motionlessly in water)

Juǀʼhoan : táú-táú

References : Dickens 267.

RefLex number: 1454

Proto-Ju: √tãũˤ

Tonal pattern: XH [j]

Meaning: pliers

Juǀʼhoan : tã̏ṹˤ (n3 -si)

Notes : < Afrikaans.

References : Dickens 266.

RefLex number: 1438

Proto-Ju: √tauʰ

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to castrate

Juǀʼhoan : tȁȕʰ

References : Dickens 266.

RefLex number: 1451

Proto-Ju: √tẽ

Meaning: to fly (up)

ǀǀAuǀǀen : tẽ

!O!Kung (Bleek) : tẽ:

References : Bleek 196.

RefLex number: 2881

Proto-Ju: √te

Meaning: to whistle

!Kung (Lloyd) : tĕéː

References : Bleek 197.

RefLex number: 2885

Proto-Ju: √teʔe

Tonal pattern: ML [e]

Meaning: rubber gun

Ekoka : tēʔè (gúmī tēʔè) (3)

References : KH 68.

RefLex number: 2911

Proto-Ju: √tekẽ

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: draw (a picture etc.)

Juǀʼhoan : tȅkẽ̏

Notes : < Afrikaans.

References : Dickens 271.

RefLex number: 1513

Proto-Ju: √tepe

Meaning: cap

!O!Kung (Bleek) : tepe

References : Bleek 198.

RefLex number: 2886

Proto-Ju: √tereki

Tonal pattern: LLH [j]

Meaning: saddle-cloth

Juǀʼhoan : tèrèkí (n5 -si)

Notes : < Afrikaans.

References : Dickens 271.

RefLex number: 1514

Proto-Ju: √tʼʰe

Tonal pattern: MM [e]

Meaning: glue, join

Juǀʼhoan : nè-tʰè "smear (e.g. dung, to make the floor of a house)" (?)

Ekoka : tʼʰē

References : KH 70.

RefLex number: 2810

Proto-Ju: √tʼʰe

Tonal pattern: HH [e]

Meaning: mark, put a mark on something

Ekoka : tʼʰé

References : KH 70.

RefLex number: 2984

Proto-Ju: √tʼʰo

Tonal pattern: MM [e]

Meaning: (I) don't care

Ekoka : tʼʰō

References : KH 70.

RefLex number: 2985