North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ã

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: uvula, little tongue

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ã̀-xárá (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 1994: 249.

RefLex number: 1146

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!aʔabi

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to struggle, flutter (e.g. of bird in trap)

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!àʔábí-ɳ!àʔábí

References : Dickens 250.

RefLex number: 1176

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!aʔari

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: plant spp., Otoptera burchellii; Rhynchosia venulosa; moerwortel, Ortanthera jasminiflora

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ȁʔàrì (n3 -si)

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɳ!eʔeri

References : Dickens 250; Snyman 25.

RefLex number: 1178

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!abe

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to annoy, interfere with, belittle

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ábé

References : Dickens 247.

RefLex number: 1121

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!abe

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to worry about

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!àbè

References : Dickens 247.

RefLex number: 1122

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!abe

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to take apart (e.g. a car or an animal)

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ȁbè

References : Dickens 1994: 247.

RefLex number: 1123

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!abi

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to gossip, pass on news

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ȁbì

References : Dickens 1994: 247.

RefLex number: 1124

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ae

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to give as a gift, be given something as a gift

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!àè-à

References : Dickens 1994: 248.

RefLex number: 1127

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ae

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: k. of bird (chanting goshawk, Malierax musicus)

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ȁè-ɡ!xàrí-šè (n2 -si)

References : Dickens 1994: 248.

RefLex number: 1128

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!aˤʔ-

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to make someone ill by witch-craft (e.g. by standing on the place where they have urinated)

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!àˤʔã́

References : Dickens 1994: 249.

RefLex number: 1153

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!aˤʔana

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: cattle-kraal

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ȁˤʔànà (n5 -si) // ɳ!ȁˤʔànà-cʼí (n5 -si) "kraal gate"

References : Dickens 1994: 249.

RefLex number: 1154

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!aˤʔi

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to scratch (of a thorn), get scratched; strike (a match)

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!àˤʔí

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɳ!aˤʔi

Notes : Cf. ɳ!àˤ 'to scratch'.

References : Dickens 249; Snyman 25.

RefLex number: 1156

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!aˤʔi

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to burp

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!àˤʔí

References : Dickens 249.

RefLex number: 1157

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!aˤʔm

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: food plant, Scilla sp.

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ȁˤʔm (n3)

References : Dickens 249.

RefLex number: 1159

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!aˤʔu

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: mongoose species

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!àˤʔú (n2)

References : Dickens 249.

RefLex number: 1160

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!aʰm

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to reconnoitre, spy out, look for

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ȁʰm

References : Dickens 248.

RefLex number: 1129

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!am

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: space, room, opening

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ám (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 248.

RefLex number: 1132

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ama

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: path, road

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!àmà (n4 -si) // ɳ!àmà-ǂxȁnùà (n4 -si) "driver's licence"; ɳ!àmà-sàrà-sí ~ ɳ!àmà-ǂʼã̀-sàrà-sí (n5 -si) "fork in a road"; ɳ!àmà-ʔmá-sì (n5) "food for a journey"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɳ!ama

References : Dickens 248; Snyman 69.

RefLex number: 1133

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ana

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: cork tree, Parinari curatellifolia, P. capensis

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ȁnà (n3) // ɳ!ȁnà-ɡǂxú (n3 -si) "plant sp., Indigofera inhambanensis"

References : Dickens 248.

RefLex number: 1140

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ani

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: clay pot

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ànì (n3 -si)

References : Dickens 1994: 249.

RefLex number: 1145