West Central Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-West Khoe : *qàmá

Meaning : to regret

//Ani : qàmá

Kxoe (Hukwe) : qǎmá (Kö.)

References : Vossen 179; Vossen 1992: 381.

Proto-West Khoe : *qan

Meaning : to cover (with sand)

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : qáń

Kxoe (Hukwe) : qàn; qàń "sand" (Kö.)

|Gwi : qàǹ "begraben"

References : KH; Vossen 421.

Proto-West Khoe : *qarati

Meaning : timber

//Ani : qárátì

Kxoe (Hukwe) : qàráti (Kö.)

Buga : qárátì

|Ganda : qárátì

References : Vossen 1992: 384.

Proto-West Khoe : *qárí

Meaning : good, pleasant

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : qádí

Buga : qádí

|Ganda : qádí

|Gwi : qádè

//Gana : qádè

References : Vossen 445.

Proto-West Khoe : *qaru

Meaning : salt-lick

Naro : qàrú-sá (V.)

|Gwi : qárú "pit-trap"

//Gana : qárú

References : Vossen 1992: 378, 385, 386.

Proto-West Khoe : *qo

Meaning : wattled crane

Buga : qǒ

|Ganda : qǒ

References : Vossen 1992: 382.

Proto-West Khoe : *qoárá

Meaning : to peel

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Kxoe (Hukwe) : qwǎrá (Kö.)

Buga : qwárá

|Ganda : qwárá

References : Vossen 1992: 381.

Proto-West Khoe : *qo̰m

Meaning : to close a hole

Naro : qo̰m

References : Visser 1998: 132.

Proto-West Khoe : *qòḿ

Meaning : to bend

Buga : qòḿ

|Ganda : qòḿ

References : Vossen 193.

Proto-West Khoe : *qóǹ

Meaning : to stir

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : qóǹ

References : Vossen 498.

Proto-West Khoe : *qoro

Meaning : fowl

Kxoe (Hukwe) : qórȯ "gallinaceous" (Kö.)

Buga : qórò

|Ganda : qórò

References : Vossen 1992: 382, 384.

Proto-West Khoe : *que

Meaning : lourie

Buga : qúɛ̀

|Ganda : qúɛ̀

References : Vossen 1992: 382.

Proto-West Khoe : *qugu

Meaning : to demand

Kxoe (Hukwe) : qǔgu̇ (Kö.)

Buga : qǔgú

|Ganda : qǔgú

References : Vossen 1992: 382.

Proto-West Khoe : *qxana

Meaning : hemp sp.

|Ganda : (?) qànà "shrub sp."

Naro : qxánà (V.)

References : Vossen 1992: 384.

Proto-West Khoe : *sa

Meaning : 1 to refuse, decline; 2 to miss

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : sâ 1; sá 2

Kxoe (Hukwe) : śá 1, śáà 2; çǎ 2 (Kö.)

Buga : sâ 1; sá 2

|Ganda : sâ 1; sâ 2

//Gana : sá 2

#Haba : sá 2

Notes : Different tonal characteristics in Kxoe may suggest that the two roots are different, but this is very scarce evidence.

References : KH; Vossen 413, 500-501.

Proto-West Khoe : *sá

Meaning : thou (f.)

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : há(^ŋ)

Kxoe (Hukwe) : hã́ (Kö.)

Buga : há(^ŋ)

|Ganda : há(^ŋ)

Naro : sá(-sí) (V.)

|Gwi : sí

//Gana : sâ; sáè (Kö.)

#Haba : sâ; sáè (Kö.)

Notes : Totally irregular *s > *h in the Kxoe group.

References : Vossen 234-250.

Proto-West Khoe : *sã́

Meaning : to rest

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : sã́

Kxoe (Hukwe) : śã̌; çã̌ (Kö.)

Buga : sã́

|Ganda : sã̀

Naro : sã́ (V.)

|Gwi : sã̂

//Gana : sã̂

#Haba : sã́

References : KH; Vossen 419.

Proto-West Khoe : *-sà

Meaning : intentional suffix

Kxoe (Hukwe) : -çȧ (Kö.)

Buga : -sà

|Ganda : -sà

|Gwi : (?) -à

References : Vossen 194, 209.

Proto-West Khoe : *sáḿ

Meaning : breast (female); milk

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Gwi : shàm "milk" (Ta.)

//Gana : sáḿ "breast, milk"; sàm "milk" (Ta.)

References : Tanaka 62; Vossen 438.

Proto-West Khoe : *sam

Meaning : to take meat off bones, honey out of hive

//Ani : sàḿ

References : Vossen 1986: 334.