North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ao

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: plank

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!áó (n3 -si)

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɳ!ao

References : Dickens 249; Snyman 63.

RefLex number: 1148

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ara

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to crash into, hit (with a vehicle)

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ȁrà

References : Dickens 1994: 249.

RefLex number: 1161

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!are

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to save

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!áré

References : Dickens 249.

RefLex number: 1162

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!are

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: hailstone

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!àrè (n3) // (?) ɳ!àrè-dí "to get wet from the rain"

References : Dickens 1994: 249.

RefLex number: 1163

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!are

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to moan (esp. in pain)

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!àrè-xʼám

References : Dickens 1994: 249.

RefLex number: 1164

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!are

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: adze

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!àrè-!ʼó (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 1994: 249.

RefLex number: 1165

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ari (*ɳ!̯-)

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to gossip

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!àrí-ɳ!àrí-á kʰòè "to gossip (about one another); churn (of one's insides, from illness)"

References : Dickens 250.

RefLex number: 1167

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ariʰ

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to drive (a vehicle), ride (an animal)

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ȁrìʰ // ɳ!ȁrìʰ-xʼàò "driver"

References : Dickens 1994: 249, 250.

RefLex number: 1166

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!aroʰ (*ɳ!̯-)

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to learn, teach, educate

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ȁròʰ // ɳ!ȁròʰ-xʼàò (n1 -si) "teacher"; ɳ!ȁròʰ-čʼùà (n5 -si) "school"

References : Dickens 250.

RefLex number: 1168

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!aru

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: gear lever

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!árú (n2 -si)

References : Dickens 1994: 250.

RefLex number: 1169

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!aruʰ

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: glow (of a distant fire, etc.)

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ȁrȕʰ (n2 -si)

References : Dickens 250.

RefLex number: 1170

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!au

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: food plant, Pentarrhinium insipidum

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!àùà (n3)

References : Dickens 1994: 250.

RefLex number: 1173

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!a-xu

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: shit, faeces

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!à-xù (n5) // ɳ!à-xù-čʼùà (n5 -si) "toilet"

References : Dickens 1994: 250.

RefLex number: 1175

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ehaba

Tonal pattern: LX [j]

Meaning: brown hyaena

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!èhȁbȁ (n2)

References : Dickens 1994: 250.

RefLex number: 1180

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ʰã

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to sit and rest (esp. in the shade)

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ʰã̀

References : Dickens 251.

RefLex number: 1188

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ʰaba

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to snap (at, of a dog etc.)

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ʰȁbà

References : Dickens 251.

RefLex number: 1181

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ʰae

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: perhaps, probably

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ʰȁè // ɳ!ʰȁè-šè "besides, in addition to"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɳ!ʼʰae

References : Dickens 250; Snyman 64.

RefLex number: 1183

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ʰam

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: spider

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ʰàm ~ ɳ!ʰàm-ɳ!ʰàm (n2) // ɳ!ʰám-tʰá-cʼí-mà, pl. ɳ!ʰám-tʰá-cʼí-mʰí (n4) "horsefly"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɳ!ʼʰem-ɳ!ʼʰem

References : Dickens 251; Snyman 64.

RefLex number: 1186

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ʰama

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: two-coloured raisin bush, Grewia bicolor

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ʰàmá-!ȍrò (n3)

References : Dickens 1994: 251.

RefLex number: 1187

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ʰao

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: forehead

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ʰàò (n5)

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɳ!ʼʰao

References : Dickens 251; Snyman 64.

RefLex number: 1189