North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √tʰa-

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: spoon

Juǀʼhoan : tʰȁ-bè ~ tʰà-ré (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 271.

RefLex number: 1517

Proto-Ju: √tʰa

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to force one's way through (dense bush etc.)

Juǀʼhoan : tʰȁhȁ

Notes : < Tswana.

References : Dickens 271.

RefLex number: 1519

Proto-Ju: √tʰaba

Tonal pattern: XLM [e]

Meaning: pumpkin; football

Ekoka : tʰȁàbā (4)

Notes : Cf. also Ekoka tʰȁàbā kā ǀxʼáí-gā (4) "football (pumpkin of foot)".

References : KH 68.

RefLex number: 2925

Proto-Ju: √tʰaku

Tonal pattern: LH [e]

Meaning: bucket (of plastic)

Ekoka : tʰàkú (3)

References : KH 68.

RefLex number: 2926

Proto-Ju: √tʰam

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

Meaning: pieces

Kavango : tʰȁm

Ekoka : tʰȁm (4)

Notes : Cf. also Ekoka tʰàm 'to sift'?

References : Heikkinen 1986; KH 69.

RefLex number: 2928

Proto-Ju: √tʰani

Tonal pattern: HH [e]

Meaning: to be wrinkled (of skin)

Ekoka : tʰánní

References : KH 69.

RefLex number: 2929

Proto-Ju: √tʰara

Meaning: to flutter the hands

!Kung (Lloyd) : tʰara

References : Bleek 199.

RefLex number: 2923

Proto-Ju: √tʰara

Tonal pattern: LL [e]

Meaning: to dance around the fire to cure a sick person

Ekoka : tʰàlà

References : KH 68.

RefLex number: 2927

Proto-Ju: √tʰaro

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to cut (into strips)

Juǀʼhoan : tʰàrò

Notes : Also means "to separate (calves from mothers)", said < Tswana.

References : Dickens 271.

RefLex number: 1521

Proto-Ju: √tʰatʰa

Tonal pattern: LL [e]

Meaning: to whisper

Kavango : tʰàtʰȁ

Ekoka : tʰȁtʰȁ

References : Heikkinen 1986; KH 69.

RefLex number: 2930

Proto-Ju: √tʰau

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: ash (at the end of a cigarette etc.)

Juǀʼhoan : t^háú (n5 -si)

Notes : < Central Khoisan.

References : Dickens 271.

RefLex number: 1522

Proto-Ju: √tʰoba

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: ash (from a veld fire, or from burnt meat)

Juǀʼhoan : tʰȍò=tʰȍbà (n5 -si)

Notes : Cf. *toˤ 'ashes'.

References : Dickens 1994: 271.

RefLex number: 1525

Proto-Ju: √tʰoe

Meaning: a plant with red berries eaten by Bushmen

!O!Kung (Bleek) : tʰwè

References : Bleek 201.

RefLex number: 2924

Proto-Ju: √tʰora

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

Meaning: magician

Kavango : tʰòrà

Ekoka : tʰòlà-xʼàò (1)

References : Heikkinen 1986; KH 69.

RefLex number: 2933

Proto-Ju: √tʰũ

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: Scilla rautanenii, food plant

Juǀʼhoan : tʰũ̀ (n3 -si)

References : Dickens 271.

RefLex number: 1527

Proto-Ju: √thõã

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

Meaning: to string (beads)

Kavango : tʰṍã́

Ekoka : tʰȭã̄ ~ tʼʰȭã̄

References : Heikkinen 1986; KH 69, 70.

RefLex number: 2932

Proto-Ju: √ti

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: tea

Juǀʼhoan : tí (n3 -si)

Notes : < Afrikaans.

References : Dickens 271.

RefLex number: 1529

Proto-Ju: √ti

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to shelter (from the elements)

Juǀʼhoan : tì

References : Dickens 271.

RefLex number: 1530

Proto-Ju: √tĩ

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: quail finch, Ortygospiza fuscocrissa

Juǀʼhoan : tĩ́-tĩ́ (n2 -si)

References : Dickens 272.

RefLex number: 1535

Proto-Ju: √ti

Meaning: verbal particle (present tense?)

ǀǀAuǀǀen : ti

!Kung (Lloyd) : ti ~ di ~ dːi

!Kung (Doke): tī

!Kung (Vedder): ti

!O!Kung (Bleek) : ti

References : Bleek 25, 201.

RefLex number: 2887