North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √žoaˤi

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: great sparrow, Passer motitensis

Juǀʼhoan : žȍȁˤȉ (n2)

References : Dickens 221.

RefLex number: 671

Proto-Ju: √žoba

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to be shortened

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : žȍbȁ

References : Dickens 221.

RefLex number: 672

Proto-Ju: √žõˤʔũ

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: scab

Juǀʼhoan : žȍˤʔũ̀ (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 221.

RefLex number: 677

Proto-Ju: √žom

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: paw, fist

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : žȍm (n5 -si) // žȍm "to make a fist"

References : Dickens 221.

RefLex number: 673

Proto-Ju: √žom

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: carnivore, beast of prey

Juǀʼhoan : žòm-mà, pl. žòm-mʰi (n5) // žȍm "to change (esp. magically) into something else (esp. a beast of prey)"; (?) žòmmà-ɳǀȁèˤɳǀȁèˤà (n3 -si) "food plant, Indigofera bainesii"

References : Dickens 221.

RefLex number: 674

Proto-Ju: √žom

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to close up (of a wound or a sore)

Juǀʼhoan : žȍm-žȍm

References : Dickens 221.

RefLex number: 675

Proto-Ju: √žom̩

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to roll, wrap up

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : žȍmm

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): žomm

References : Dickens 221; Snyman 45.

RefLex number: 676

Proto-Ju: √žu

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to get lost (of a person)

Juǀʼhoan : žȕù

References : Dickens 222.

RefLex number: 682

Proto-Ju: √žũ

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to touch accidentally

Juǀʼhoan : žũ̏ũ̀

References : Dickens 222.

RefLex number: 683

Proto-Ju: √žubu

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to jerk loose (when one is held by someone)

Juǀʼhoan : žùbù

References : Dickens 222.

RefLex number: 681

Proto-Ju: √ǯʼa

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: gemsbokkomkommer, Acanthosicyos naudiniana

Juǀʼhoan : ǯʼȁà (n5) // ǯʼȁà-!ʼʰáú (n5) "wolfskomkommer, Cucumis metuliferis"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ǯʼa

ǀǀAuǀǀen : cãː "thorny cucumber, Citrullus caffer"

Kavango : ʒxʼà "wild cucumber"

Ekoka : ǯxʼà "wild cucumber"

References : Bleek 210; Dickens 195; Heikkinen 1986; KH 128; Snyman 41.

RefLex number: 118

Proto-Ju: √ǯxã

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to be thin (of paper etc.)

Juǀʼhoan : ǯxã́-ǯxã́ː

References : Dickens 196.

RefLex number: 144

Proto-Ju: √ǯxò

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: buzzing noise, scrabbling noise (of insects etc.)

Juǀʼhoan : ǯxò-ǯxò

References : Dickens 196.

RefLex number: 147

Proto-Ju: √ǯxoˤi

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: a k. of bird

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ǯxòˤí (n2)

References : Dickens 196.

RefLex number: 150

Proto-Ju: *ʔm

Tonal pattern: XX [j] ~ HH [k] ~ HH [e]

Meaning: to eat

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ʔm̏ // (n5 -si) "food"; ʔm̏-kʰòè-à (n5 -si) "dining-room, place where one eats"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ʔm

ǀǀAuǀǀen : mː // m-sa ~ m-si "food"

!Kung (Lloyd) : ḿː ~ m̀ː ~ ɛḿː ~ eˤḿː

!Kung (Doke): ʔm

!Kung (Vedder): ʔm̂

!Kung (Weich): ʔm

!O!Kung (Bleek) : m̀

!O!Kung (Snyman): ʔṁ

Kavango : ʔm̋

Ekoka : ḿ // ḿ (4) "food"

Tsumkwe : ʔḿ

Tsintsabis : ʔḿ

Okongo : ʔḿ

Leeunes : ʔḿ

Mpunguvlei : ʔḿ

Cuito : ʔḿ

Cuando : ʔḿ

South Omatako : ʔḿ

North Omatako : ʔḿ

Kameeldoring : ʔḿ

Lister : ʔḿ

References : Bleek 38, 131, 139; Dickens 72; Heikkinen 1986; KH 44; Snyman 3; Snyman 1980: 37; Snyman 1997: 56.

RefLex number: 2806

Proto-Ju: *a

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to be (is)

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : =à "(rel. suff. sg.) that, which, who, whom"

ǀǀAuǀǀen : a

!Kung (Lloyd) : a

!O!Kung (Bleek) : a; au

References : Bleek 1, 2.

RefLex number: 2

Proto-Ju: *a

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

Meaning: thou (2nd p. sg.)

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : à // há "you (hort. pron. 2nd per. sg.)"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): a

ǀǀAuǀǀen : ahi // a "thy"

!Kung (Lloyd) : ắ ~ a ~ ắhn̆

!Kung (Doke): -aː ~ àːhŋ

!Kung (Vedder): a

!O!Kung (Bleek) : ahi, ahŋ // a "thou, thy"

!O!Kung (Snyman): a

Ekoka : à

Notes : The emphatic form *a-hŋ is also reconstructible.

References : Bleek 4, 6; Dickens 188; KH 127; Snyman 86; Snyman 1980: 47.

RefLex number: 4

Proto-Ju: *a

Meaning: a particle (repetitive, perfective, present)

ǀǀAuǀǀen : a

!Kung (Lloyd) : a

!O!Kung (Bleek) : a

References : Bleek 3.

RefLex number: 3058

Proto-Ju: *a

Meaning: general conjunction/preposition

ǀǀAuǀǀen : a

!Kung (Lloyd) : á, --a, --wa

!O!Kung (Bleek) : a

References : Bleek 4.

RefLex number: 3059

Proto-Ju: *a (?)

Meaning: bride

Nogau : á

References : Bleek 5.

RefLex number: 3060