North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: *tãˤʔĩ

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: be sweet

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : tã̏ˤʔĩ̀

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): taẽˤ

!Kung (Lloyd) : tàŋ "sweetly"

!O!Kung (Snyman): tàˤŋ

References : Bleek 191; Dickens 266; Snyman 31; Snyman 1980: 52.

RefLex number: 1443

Proto-Ju: *taˤm

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

Meaning: to fall down; to throw, pour (pl. action)

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : tàˤm

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): taˤm "to spill"

ǀǀAuǀǀen : tam

!Kung (Lloyd) : ttaḿm ~ táḿm ~ taḿma

!O!Kung (Bleek) : tam

Kavango : tȁˤm "to fall (pl.)"

Ekoka : tȁˤm // tȁˤm-lā "throw away"

References : Bleek 189-190; Dickens 266; Heikkinen 1986; KH 62; Snyman 17.

RefLex number: 1436

Proto-Ju: *taʰ

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

Meaning: Bushman orange, Strychnos pungens

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : tȁʰ (n3 -si)

!Kung (Lloyd) : ttắ ~ tá "wild orange"

!O!Kung (Bleek) : ta

Kavango : tȁ

Ekoka : tàȁ ~ tȁˤ (1)

Tsumkwe : tā

Tsintsabis : tā

Okongo : tāa

Leeunes : tā

Mpunguvlei : tāa

Cuito : tāa

Cuando : tāa

South Omatako : tāa

North Omatako : tāa

Lister : tā

References : Bleek 186; Dickens 265; Heikkinen 1986; KH 63; Snyman 1997: 65.

RefLex number: 1421

Proto-Ju: *taʰm

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: rhythm, motion

Juǀʼhoan : tȁʰm-sà (n5)

References : Dickens 265.

RefLex number: 1422

Proto-Ju: *tam

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

Meaning: not to know

Juǀʼhoan : tàm

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): tem

ǀǀAuǀǀen : táḿ

!Kung (Lloyd) : taḿm

!Kung (Doke): táṁ

!Kung (Vedder): dám

!Kung (Wilhelm): tăm

Kavango : tám̋

Ekoka : tāḿ

Tsumkwe : tàm

Tsintsabis : tàm̀ḿ

Okongo : tàm̀ḿ

Leeunes : tàm

South Omatako : tàm̀ḿ

North Omatako : tàm̀ḿ

Kameeldoring : tàm

Lister : tàm

References : Bleek 21, 190; Dickens 265; Heikkinen 1986; KH 62; Snyman 38; Snyman 1997: 65.

RefLex number: 1423

Proto-Ju: *tani

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

Meaning: to bring, fetch

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : tànì // tànì-sí (n5) "delivery"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): teni

ǀǀAuǀǀen : tane ~ tani ~ tene "to carry"

!Kung (Lloyd) : tánni ~ ténne

!Kung (Wilhelm): dăni

!O!Kung (Snyman): tànìcí

Kavango : tàⁿnì

Ekoka : tànnì // tànnì ū-ā "take to"; tànnì-ší (4) "clothes"

Notes : Cf., perhaps, !O!Kung tã 'load'?

References : Bleek 21, 192, 198; Dickens 265; Heikkinen 1986; KH 62, 63; Snyman 16; Snyman 1980: 6.

RefLex number: 1431

Proto-Ju: *tao

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

Meaning: to be shy, ashamed

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : tàò // tàò (n5 -si) "shyness, shame"; tàò-kʰȍmm ~ tòò-kʰȍmm "be shy, ashamed"; (n5 -si) "shyness, shame"

Kavango : tào "be disgraced"

Ekoka : tàò "be disappointed, disgraced; be shy"

References : Dickens 265-66; Heikkinen 1986; KH 62.

RefLex number: 1433

Proto-Ju: *tari

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

Meaning: to echo

Juǀʼhoan : tàrì // (n5 -si) "thudding noise (of many running feet or hooves)"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): tari "sound of running feet"

Kavango : tà^rrì "rumble"

Ekoka : tàlì "rumble"

References : Dickens 266; Heikkinen 1986; KH 62; Snyman 38.

RefLex number: 1446

Proto-Ju: *tãũ

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to be angry

Juǀʼhoan : tã́ṹ // (n5) "anger"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): tẽũ

!Kung (Lloyd) : tau

References : Bleek 194; Dickens 267; Snyman 31.

RefLex number: 1453

Proto-Ju: *te

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

Meaning: to pick; to stick together

!Kung (Lloyd) : té "to pick (fruit) // tɛ̀ "to stick together" (?)

Kavango : té "pick (from the ground)"

Ekoka : tē "pick up from the ground"

References : Bleek 196; Heikkinen 1986; KH 68.

RefLex number: 2882

Proto-Ju: *teʔe

Tonal pattern: LH [j] ~ LL [k] ~ ML [e]

Meaning: coqui francolin, Francolinus coqui

Juǀʼhoan : tèʔé (n2 -si)

!Kung (Lloyd) : tĕ-éː ~ tːeë́ ~ tĕë́ "bird like a fowl"

!Kung (Wilhelm): tei "Sandhuhn"

Kavango : tèʔè "bird species"

Ekoka : tēʔè (1)

References : Bleek 197; Dickens 271; Heikkinen 1986; KH 68.

RefLex number: 1515

Proto-Ju: *tʰa

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

Meaning: sting

Juǀʼhoan : tʰá (n5 -si) "penis, sting (of an insect etc.), trigger (of a fire-arm)" // tʰá-ɳǀóá (n5 -si) 'foreskin'; tʰá-cʼí (n5 -si) 'trigger of a gun'

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): tʰa

!Kung (Lloyd) : taː "sting"

!Kung (Wilhelm): taː "penis"

!O!Kung (Snyman): tʰá

Kavango : tʰá "penis"

Ekoka : tʰā (4) "penis"

Tsumkwe : tʰá

Tsintsabis : tʰá

Okongo : tʰ

Leeunes : tʰá

Mpunguvlei : tʰá

Cuito : tʰá

Cuando : tʰá

South Omatako : tʰá

North Omatako : tʰá

Kameeldoring : tʰá

Lister : tʰá

References : Bleek 186; Dickens 271; Heikkinen 1986; KH 68; Snyman 40; Snyman 1980: 6; Snyman 1997: 70.

RefLex number: 1516

Proto-Ju: *tʰabi

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

Meaning: eyelid

!Kung (Lloyd) : tebbi "lower eyelid" // pl. -siŋ

Kavango : tʰa̋^bbi̋

Ekoka : tʰábí

References : Bleek 197; Heikkinen 1986; KH 68.

RefLex number: 2884

Proto-Ju: *tʰaŋ (?)

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

Meaning: body

!Kung (Lloyd) : táŋ-a

!O!Kung (Bleek) : taŋ ~ taŋʔa

Kavango : tʰànà ~ tʰa̋ŋ

Ekoka : tʰáŋ (4)

References : Bleek 192; Heikkinen 1986; KH 69.

RefLex number: 2878

Proto-Ju: *tʰara

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

Meaning: flash (of lightning)

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : tʰárá "to flash (of lightning); to shiver, tremble (of one in a trance, or of something fine in the wind)" // ɡ!à-tʰárá (n5 -si) "lightning"

ǀǀAuǀǀen : taˤra "to lighten" // tara "shining"

!Kung (Lloyd) : tára ~ tắrra "to lighten"

!Kung (Doke): tʰāːɽā "lightning"

!Kung (Vedder): dàra "to lighten, lightning"

!O!Kung (Bleek) : tala ~ talata ~ talate "to strike, thunder" // tǝ̀ri "to thunder"

!O!Kung (Snyman): tʰálá

Kavango : tà^rrì "rumble" // tʰárá "strike (lightning)"

Ekoka : tʰālā

Tsumkwe : tʰárá

Tsintsabis : tʰárá

Okongo : tʰala

Leeunes : tʰàrà

Mpunguvlei : tʰàrà

Cuito : tʰàlà

Cuando : tʰàlà

South Omatako : tʰárá

North Omatako : tʰárá

Kameeldoring : tʰárá

Lister : tʰárá

References : Bleek 21, 189, 193, 198, 199; Dickens 210, 271; Heikkinen 1986; KH 68; Snyman 1980: 6; Snyman 1997: 70.

RefLex number: 1520

Proto-Ju: *tʰau

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

Meaning: to be fine (of salt, etc.)

Juǀʼhoan : tʰȁȕ-tʰȁȕ-à

Kavango : tʰàù-tʰàu "scraps of wood or sawdust"

Ekoka : tʰàù-tʰàù (1) "scraps of wood or sawdust"

References : Dickens 271; Heikkinen 1986; KH 69.

RefLex number: 1523

Proto-Ju: *tʰe

Meaning: to plug a hole

!O!Kung (Bleek) : tʰè

Ekoka : tʰè

Tsintsabis : tʰè

Mpunguvlei : tʰe

Cuito : tʰe

Cuando : tʰè

Kameeldoring : tʰè

References : KH 69.

RefLex number: 2931

Proto-Ju: *tʰobo

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

Meaning: to plug (hole), plaster (wall)

Juǀʼhoan : tʰòbò // (n5 -si) " putty, glue"

Ekoka : tʰòbō "to glue"

Tsumkwe : tʰòbò

Cuando : tʰòbò

Notes : Cf. also Ekoka tʰàbò tʔʰē 'to glue, stick together', Ovambo tʰȁbȍ 'glue'; same or different root?

References : Dickens 271; Heikkinen 1986; KH 68, 69; Snyman 1997: 70, 97.

RefLex number: 1524

Proto-Ju: *tʰui

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: boil, abscess

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : tʰúí (n2 -si)

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): tʰwi

Kavango : tʰűi "wound"

Ekoka : tʼʰúí (4) "wound, boil"

Tsumkwe : tʰúi

Okongo : tʰúi

Leeunes : šùí (?)

Mpunguvlei : tʰúi

Cuito : tʰúi

Cuando : tʰúi

North Omatako : tʰúi

Notes : Cf. Proto-Khoekhoe *tʰui 'wound'.

References : Dickens 271; Heikkinen 1986; KH 70; Snyman 40; Snyman 1997: 70.

RefLex number: 1526

Proto-Ju: *tʰuru

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to change into something; to slough

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : tʰúrú // tʰúrú-kú "to shed (skin), slough (skin)"

Tsumkwe : tʰuru

North Omatako : tʰúrú

Kameeldoring : tʰúrú

Lister : tʰúrú

Notes : Possibly < Central Khoisan.

References : Dickens 271; Snyman 1997: 70.

RefLex number: 1528