North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √ɳǀǀo

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: (pair of) overalls

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀǀò-ǀǀʼʰù (n3 -si)

References : Dickens 1994: 258.

RefLex number: 1334

Proto-Ju: √ɳǀǀobo

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: orphan

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀǀòbò (n1 -si)

References : Dickens 257.

RefLex number: 1318

Proto-Ju: √ɳǀǀoʰm

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to be irritated by, tired of; to struggle

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀǀȍʰm

References : Dickens 257.

RefLex number: 1321

Proto-Ju: √ɳǀǀoʰm

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to persuade, convince; to struggle, toil, try

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀǀȍʰm

References : Dickens 1994: 257.

RefLex number: 1322

Proto-Ju: √ɳǀǀoˤʔobe

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: glass, bottle; spectacles; ice

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀǀȍˤʔòbè (n3 -si)

References : Dickens 258.

RefLex number: 1330

Proto-Ju: √ɳǀǀoˤm

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to grow (out) again (e.g. a lizard's tail)

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀǀòˤm

References : Dickens 258.

RefLex number: 1325

Proto-Ju: √ɳǀǀoˤʔmi

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to unwind (rope, etc.)

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀǀȍˤʔmì

References : Dickens 258.

RefLex number: 1329

Proto-Ju: √ɳǀǀom

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to insert something long and thin (e.g. a springhare hooking-pole)

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀǀòmm

References : Dickens 257.

RefLex number: 1323

Proto-Ju: √ɳǀǀũ

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to shift, move

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀǀũ̀-ɳǀǀũ̀

References : Dickens 258.

RefLex number: 1340

Proto-Ju: √ɳǀǀubi

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to cut a small hole (e.g. into a fruit to see if it is ripe)

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀǀùbì

References : Dickens 258.

RefLex number: 1336

Proto-Ju: √ɳǀǀubu

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to peel (of one's skin)

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀǀùbù

References : Dickens 258.

RefLex number: 1337

Proto-Ju: √ɳǀʰabi

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: water bag

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀʰàbí (n3 -si) "water bag (made from the stomach of bigger antelope); tank, petrol tank of a motor-vehicle" // (?) ɳǀʰàbí-té (n2) "duck (smaller species), Anas, Podiceps"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɳǀʼʰebi

References : Dickens 240; Snyman 62.

RefLex number: 970

Proto-Ju: √ɳǀʰai

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to chase something to the point of exhaustion (in order to kill it)

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀʰàí

References : Dickens 1994: 240.

RefLex number: 972

Proto-Ju: √ɳǀʰo

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: k. of bird

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀʰò-šé (n2 -si) "fork-tailed drongo, Dicrurus adsimilis"

References : Dickens 1994: 240.

RefLex number: 975

Proto-Ju: √ɳǀʰo

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: thorny-stemmed shrub, bearing red berries

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀʰòó (n3) // ɳǀʰò-dí (n3 -sĩ) "plant sp., Commiphora angolensis"; ɳǀʰò-ɡ!ȍˤ (n3), pl. ɳǀʰò-ɳǀǀȁèˤ "hairy commiphora, Commiphora africana"

References : Dickens 240.

RefLex number: 976

Proto-Ju: √ɳǀʰõã

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to be greedy

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀʰõ̏ã̏ // ɳǀʰõ̏ã̏ (n1 -si) "glutton, greedy person"

References : Dickens 240.

RefLex number: 974

Proto-Ju: √ɳǀʰũĩ

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: potato

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀʰũ̀ĩ́ (n3)

References : Dickens 240.

RefLex number: 979

Proto-Ju: √ɳǀʰuni

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: wild dog

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀʰùní (n2)

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɳǀʼʰuni

References : Dickens 240; Snyman 62.

RefLex number: 981

Proto-Ju: √ɳǀŋʰ

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to leak, drip

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀȁʰŋ

References : Dickens 238.

RefLex number: 934

Proto-Ju: √ɳǀo

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to long for (a certain food)

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀò

References : Dickens 1994: 240.

RefLex number: 984