North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!oˤni

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to joke

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ȍˤnì-ɳ!ȍˤnì // ɳ!ȍˤnì-ɳ!ȍˤnì-!ȁìhã̀ (n5 -si) "pencil"

References : Dickens 1994: 253.

RefLex number: 1236

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!õĩˤ

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to limp; cripple

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!õ̀ĩ̀ˤ

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɳ!õĩˤ

References : Dickens 253; Snyman 31.

RefLex number: 1231

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!om

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to be cripple, lame

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!òm

!Kung (Weich): ɳ!uʰm "defective, crippled, unsuitable"

References : Dickens 252; Weich 54.

RefLex number: 1222

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!oma

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to speak so that other people cannot overhear what one says

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!òmá-ɳ!ȍmà

References : Dickens 1994: 252.

RefLex number: 1225

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!om̩

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: dune, rising slope

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ȍmm (n3 -si)

References : Dickens 253.

RefLex number: 1226

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ona

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to plait (hair, etc.)

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ȍȁnà // ɳ!ȍȁnà (n3 -si) "plaited tobacco leaves"

References : Dickens 252.

RefLex number: 1215

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ore

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: territory, country, land (esp. that belonging to a village)

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!óré (n3 -si) // ɳ!óré-ǀxáí-sí (n5) "boundary, border"; ɳ!óré-!ʼó (n5 -si) "foreign country"

References : Dickens 1994: 253.

RefLex number: 1237

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!u

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: little swift, Apus affinis

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ùú-ǂʰáé-ǂʰáé

References : Dickens 1994: 254.

RefLex number: 1254

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ũ

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to be related to someone through one's child's spouse

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ũ̀ // ɳ!ũ̀-bá (n1 -sĩ) "father of one's child's spouse"; ɳ!ũ̀-xʼàò (n1 -si) "someone one is related to through one's child's spouse"; ɳ!ũ̀-tȁèˤ (n1 -sĩ) "mother of one's child's spouse"

References : Dickens 254.

RefLex number: 1248

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ũ

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to rock (a baby), shake

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ũ̀-ɳ!ùã̀

References : Dickens 1994: 254.

RefLex number: 1250

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ũ

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to drive (cattle)

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ũ̏ũ̀

References : Dickens 254.

RefLex number: 1253

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ũʔũ

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to throw away

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ùʔṹ

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɳ!uʔu

References : Dickens 254; Snyman 26.

RefLex number: 1255

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ũʔũ

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: path made by a small animal

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ũ̏ʔũ̀ (n4 -si)

References : Dickens 1994: 254.

RefLex number: 1256

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!uã

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to stand something up, cause (night) to fall

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ṹã́

References : Dickens 254.

RefLex number: 1244

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!uʰ

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to lose one's way

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ȕùʰ

References : Dickens 254.

RefLex number: 1252

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!ui

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: plant species, kombrua, Ceropegia distincta

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!úí (n3)

References : Dickens 254.

RefLex number: 1246

Proto-Ju: √ɳ!uma

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to add (flavouring to food)

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!úmá-ɳ!ùmà // (?) ɳ!úmá-dàʔá (n5 -si) "small edible berries"

References : Dickens 254.

RefLex number: 1247

Proto-Ju: √ɡǂa

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: secretary bird, Sagittarius serpentarius

Juǀʼhoan : ɡǂàá-kʰòè (n2)

References : Dickens 206.

RefLex number: 327

Proto-Ju: √ɡǂaʔo

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: fruit of plant sp. Stipagrostis uniplumis uniplumis

Juǀʼhoan : ɡǂȁʔò (n3 -si)

References : Dickens 206.

RefLex number: 350

Proto-Ju: √ɡǂaba

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to be stained, be marked, be tanned (from the sun)

Juǀʼhoan : ɡǂàbá-čí-ɡǂàì

References : Dickens 1994: 205.

RefLex number: 326