North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √ʒgxui

Tonal pattern: HL [j]

Meaning: to squirt, spray

Juǀʼhoan : ʒʼúì // ʒʼúì ɡǂa'à "to drizzle"

References : Dickens 197.

RefLex number: 170

Proto-Ju: √ʒʰĩ

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: bump (the result of a blow); protrusion of the cheek (from something held in the mouth)

Juǀʼhoan : ʒʰĩ̀ĩ́-!ó (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 197.

RefLex number: 166

Proto-Ju: √ʒoˤma

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: a k. of plant (Grewia avellana) and bow made out of it

Juǀʼhoan : zȍˤmà (n5 -si)

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): zoˤma

References : Dickens 286; Snyman 44.

RefLex number: 1768

Proto-Ju: √ʒõĩˤ

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to swarm (of bees, etc.)

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : zõ̏ĩ̏ˤ

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): zoiˤ

References : Dickens 286; Snyman 22.

RefLex number: 1766

Proto-Ju: √ʒõĩˤ

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: cleft of the lip, hare-lip

Juǀʼhoan : zõ̏ĩ̏ˤ (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 286.

RefLex number: 1767

Proto-Ju: √ʒora

Meaning: to scare away, startle by a noise

!Kung (Vedder): dzɔra

References : Bleek 31.

RefLex number: 3035

Proto-Ju: √ʒɔ̃

Meaning: blister

!Kung (Lloyd) : ʒɔ̃

References : Bleek 31.

RefLex number: 3034

Proto-Ju: √ʒu

Meaning: ostrich eggshell

!Kung (Lloyd) : ʒú

References : Bleek 32.

RefLex number: 3036

Proto-Ju: √ʒũ

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: small of the back

Juǀʼhoan : zũ̏ʰ (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 286.

RefLex number: 1769

Proto-Ju: √ʒũʔũ

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: wart

Juǀʼhoan : zũ̏ʔũ̀ (n2 -si)

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): zõʔõ

References : Dickens 287; Snyman 33.

RefLex number: 1772

Proto-Ju: √ʒũʔũ

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: hartebeest

Juǀʼhoan : zũ̏ʔũ̀ (n2)

References : Dickens 1994: 287.

RefLex number: 1773

Proto-Ju: √ʒuai

Meaning: to live

!Kung (Lloyd) : ʒu̯áˤi

References : Bleek 32.

RefLex number: 3037

Proto-Ju: √ʒuai

Meaning: to caress (?)

!Kung (Lloyd) : ʒu̯áiya

References : Bleek 32.

RefLex number: 3038

Proto-Ju: √ʒuma

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: plant sp., Cassia blensis

Juǀʼhoan : zùmà (n3)

References : Dickens 1994: 286.

RefLex number: 1770

Proto-Ju: √žabi

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to rotate, spin

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : žàbì // žàbì-žàbì "to turn (of a wheel etc.)"

References : Dickens 221.

RefLex number: 659

Proto-Ju: √žaˤʔa

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: blood

Juǀʼhoan : žȁˤʔà (n5)

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): zaˤ

Notes : Irregular z/ž correspondence between Dickens and Snyman.

References : Dickens 221; Snyman 17.

RefLex number: 662

Proto-Ju: √žaˤʔo

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to be clean, be pure, be shiny, be white (of people)

Juǀʼhoan : žȁˤʔò

References : Dickens 1994: 221.

RefLex number: 668

Proto-Ju: √žaˤm

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: plant sp., Thunbergia aurea

Juǀʼhoan : žàˤm (n3)

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): žaˤm

References : Dickens 221; Snyman 45.

RefLex number: 664

Proto-Ju: √žama-

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: wrinkles (e.g. those on the neck of a tortoise)

Juǀʼhoan : žàmàžárísì (n5)

References : Dickens 1994: 221.

RefLex number: 660

Proto-Ju: √žoʔoro

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: leg-rattle (made from beetle cocoons and tied to the legs during a dance)

Juǀʼhoan : žȍʔòrò (n2 -si)

References : Dickens 221.

RefLex number: 679