West Central Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-West Khoe : *mâ

Meaning : head

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Gwi : mâ (Ta.)

//Gana : má; mâ (Ta.)

References : Tanaka 45; Vossen 458-59.

Proto-West Khoe : *mâ (*-ã̂)

Meaning : to give

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Kxoe (Hukwe) : mã́ã "distribute, give as present"; mã̂ (Kö.)

Naro : máà; mã̂ (V.); mâ, máà (Ba.)

|Gwi : mâ; má (Ta.)

//Gana : mã̂; má (Ta.)

#Haba : mâ

References : Barnard 140; KH; Tanaka 41; Visser 45; Vossen 440-41.

Proto-West Khoe : *mĩ́

Meaning : to say

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : mĩ́

Kxoe (Hukwe) : mĩ̀; mĩ́ (Kö.)

Naro : méé; mĩ́ (V.); míí, mĩ́ĩ́ (Ba.)

|Gwi : me (Ta.)

//Gana : me (Ta.)

#Haba : mí

References : Barnard 152; KH; Tanaka 82; Visser 1998: 128; Vossen 480-81.

Proto-West Khoe : *mũ̂

Meaning : to see

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : mũ̂

Kxoe (Hukwe) : mṹũ̀; mũ̂ (Kö.); mū (W.)

Buga : mũ̂

Naro : móò, bóò; mô (V.); m, múù (Ba.)

|Gwi : m̂; mó (Ta.)

//Gana : m̂; mó (Ta.)

#Haba : mô

References : Barnard 152; Bleek 139; Tanaka 84; Visser 3; Vossen 490.

Proto-West Khoe : *m̂

Meaning : to smell

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : m̂ (V.)

|Gwi : m̀; m̄ (Ta.)

//Gana : m̂; m̄ (Ta.)

#Haba : m̂

References : Barnard 154; Tanaka 88; Vossen 477-78.

Proto-West Khoe : *-nà

Meaning : n. pl. marker in nouns

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : -nà

Kxoe (Hukwe) : -nà (Kö.)

Buga : -nà

|Ganda : -nà

Naro : -na, -ni, -n (V.)

|Gwi : -nà

//Gana : -nà

#Haba : -nà

References : Vossen 170-71.

Proto-West Khoe : *nV

Meaning : interr. base

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : né "what?", ná "which?"

Buga : ná "which?"

References : Vossen ...

Proto-West Khoe : *-ŋa(^ŋ)

Meaning : negative suffix

//Ani : -ŋã̇

Kxoe (Hukwe) : -ŋá (Kö.)

References : Vossen 194.

Proto-West Khoe : *óè

Meaning : to answer

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ʔúè

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ʔóė (Kö.)

Buga : ʔóè

|Ganda : ʔúì

Naro : oe (Ba.)

References : Barnard 129; Vossen 416.

Proto-West Khoe : *oe

Meaning : to break

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ʔúɛ̀

Naro : óè

References : Visser 60; Vossen 1986: 338.

Proto-West Khoe : *pá

Meaning : to bite

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : pá

Kxoe (Hukwe) : pá

Buga : pá

|Ganda : pá

|Gwi : pá; pâ (Ta.)

//Gana : pá; pâ (Ta.)

References : KH; Tanaka 13; Vossen 422.

Proto-West Khoe : *pê

Meaning : to jump

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : pê

Kxoe (Hukwe) : pė (Kö.)

Buga : pê

|Ganda : pê

References : Vossen 493.

Proto-West Khoe : *pî

Meaning : breast, milk

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : pî

Kxoe (Hukwe) : pî "milk" (Kö.); bīʔam "id." (W.)

Buga : pî

|Ganda : pî

Naro : bíì; bíì, píì (Ba.)

|Gwi : pî

//Gana : pî "milk"

#Haba : pî

References : Barnard 65, 98; Bleek 16; Tanaka 16; Visser 3; Vossen 469.

Proto-West Khoe : *qǎ

Meaning : to glow, melt

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : qǎ

Buga : qǎ

|Ganda : qǎ

References : Vossen 443.

Proto-West Khoe : *qábà

Meaning : new

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : ka̰ba; kǎ̰bá (Ba.)

|Gwi : qábà; kaba (Ta.)

//Gana : qábà; kaba (Ta.)

Notes : Cf. also |Gui qábá "new moon".

References : Barnard 118; Tanaka 64; Visser 1998: 130; Vossen 1992: 382, 386.

Proto-West Khoe : *qae

Meaning : marula tree

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : qàé

Kxoe (Hukwe) : qàé (Kö.)

Buga : qáé

|Ganda : qáé

References : Vossen 1992: 377.

Proto-West Khoe : *qae

Meaning : to love

//Ani : qáé

References : Vossen 1986: 338.

Proto-West Khoe : *qai

Meaning : feast, celebration

//Ani : qàí

References : Vossen 1986: 338.

Proto-West Khoe : *qàm̀

Meaning : gall, bile

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : qàḿ

Kxoe (Hukwe) : qàḿ "gall, poison" (Kö.)

Buga : qàm̀

|Ganda : qàm̀

|Gwi : kxambe "gall-bladder" (Ta.)

//Gana : qàm̀

#Haba : qàḿ

References : Tanaka 40; Vossen 440.

Proto-West Khoe : *qám̀

Meaning : to hold in the mouth

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : qám̀

Buga : qám̀

|Ganda : qám̀

References : Vossen 1992: 381.