North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √besa

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: dung beetle

Juǀʼhoan : bèsà (n2 -)

References : Dickens 190.

RefLex number: 41

Proto-Ju: √bʰam

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to rush out (e. g. from a house when one has been caught red-handed)

Juǀʼhoan : bʰámbʰám

References : Dickens 190.

RefLex number: 42

Proto-Ju: √bʰanda

Tonal pattern: XX [e]

Meaning: rhinoceros

Ekoka : bhȁndȁ (n1)

References : KH 15.

RefLex number: 2855

Proto-Ju: √bʰangu

Tonal pattern: XM [e]

Meaning: gourd, small, long neck

Ekoka : bhȁŋgū (n3)

References : KH 15.

RefLex number: 2856

Proto-Ju: √bʰari

Tonal pattern: XL [e]

Meaning: dream

Ekoka : bʰȁlì

References : KH 15.

RefLex number: 2854

Proto-Ju: √bʰe

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to spit out (esp. pips)

Juǀʼhoan : bʰè

References : Dickens 190.

RefLex number: 43

Proto-Ju: √bʰebʰe

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: grass spp. (Digitaria sp., Anthephora schinzii, Rhynchelytrum repens, Megaloprotachne albicans)

Juǀʼhoan : bʰèbʰè (n3 -si)

References : Dickens 190.

RefLex number: 44

Proto-Ju: √bʰebʰe

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: quickly

Juǀʼhoan : bʰèbʰè

References : Dickens 190.

RefLex number: 45

Proto-Ju: √bʰoa

Tonal pattern: LM [e]

Meaning: too much

Ekoka : bhòā ~ bhùā

References : KH 15.

RefLex number: 2857

Proto-Ju: √bi

Meaning: milk

ǀǀAuǀǀen : bi

Notes : Obviously a Khoe form originally (PCK *pi 'breast, milk').

References : Bleek 16.

RefLex number: 2829

Proto-Ju: √bibo

Tonal pattern: LH [e]

Meaning: Natal medlar (Lagynias lasiantha)

Ekoka : bìíbō (n1)

References : KH 16.

RefLex number: 2850

Proto-Ju: √bĩ-čoro

Tonal pattern: LHH [j]

Meaning: one-stringed musical instrument

Juǀʼhoan : bĩ̀-čóró (n5 -si)

Notes : < Tswana.

References : Dickens 190.

RefLex number: 47

Proto-Ju: √bini

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: underpants (pair of)

Juǀʼhoan : bíní (n3 -si)

References : Dickens 190.

RefLex number: 46

Proto-Ju: √biri

Meaning: to talk, chatter

ǀǀAuǀǀen : biriku

References : Bleek 16.

RefLex number: 2831

Proto-Ju: √biro

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: office

Juǀʼhoan : bȉrȍ (ha -si)

Notes : < German.

References : Dickens 190.

RefLex number: 48

Proto-Ju: √biro

Meaning: pot

!O!Kung (Bleek) : bilo

Notes : < Lu. mbilo.

References : Bleek 16.

RefLex number: 2830

Proto-Ju: √biši

Tonal pattern: MH [e]

Meaning: cat

Ekoka : bīší (n1)

References : KH 15.

RefLex number: 2848

Proto-Ju: √biǯa

Tonal pattern: LL [e]

Meaning: shirt

Ekoka : bìǯà (n1)

Notes : < Kwanyama.

References : KH 16.

RefLex number: 2849

Proto-Ju: √bo

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to stoke (a fire)

Juǀʼhoan : bò

!O!Kung (Snyman): bò

References : Dickens 190; Snyman 1980: 51.

RefLex number: 49

Proto-Ju: √bo

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: axe (European kind)

Juǀʼhoan : bòó (n3 -si)

!O!Kung (Bleek) : bɔ

Notes : Most likely a word of Central Khoisan provenance (cf. PCK *bó id.).

References : Bleek 16; Dickens 190.

RefLex number: 54