West Central Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-West Khoe : *|ara

Meaning : to hinder, not allow, prevent

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : |ara

References : Visser 5.

Proto-West Khoe : *|áú

Meaning : big

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : |áú

Kxoe (Hukwe) : |éú

Naro : |au "manner, custom, way" (?)

Notes : Judging by the semantics, the ||Ani-Kxoe forms may be related to Nama |au "manner; amount" genetically, but the Naro form is more probably a re-borrowing. Cf. also Naro |àù "add, increase".

References : KH; Visser 5; Vossen 1986: 340.

Proto-West Khoe : *|é

Meaning : gnu

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : |é

Kxoe (Hukwe) : |é (Kö.)

Buga : |é

|Ganda : |é

Naro : |ẽ́; |é (V.)

|Gwi : |è: (Ta.)

//Gana : |é; |è: (Ta.)

#Haba : |é

Tsaukwe : |ge

References : Barnard 39; Bleek 277; Tanaka 107; Visser 5; Vossen 444.

Proto-West Khoe : *|ẽ̀

Meaning : to refuse to give, keep to oneself

Naro : |ẽ̀ẽ

References : Visser 5.

Proto-West Khoe : *|hà

Meaning : to die

Naro : |hàà

References : Visser 10.

Proto-West Khoe : *|hã̀

Meaning : coldness; raw spot in skin

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : |haã̀

References : Visser 10.

Proto-West Khoe : *|habà

Meaning : to throw down, pour

Naro : |habà

References : Visser 10.

Proto-West Khoe : *|hàbí

Meaning : wound, injury

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : |hìbi "problem; sore"; |hàbí (Ba.)

References : Visser 10; Barnard 87.

Proto-West Khoe : *|hã̰õ

Meaning : a type of grass

Naro : |ha̰õ-|ha̰õ

References : Visser 10.

Proto-West Khoe : *|hàm

Meaning : to trample down (grass)

Naro : |hàm

References : Visser 10.

Proto-West Khoe : *|hama

Meaning : to die of famine or oldness

Naro : |hama

References : Visser 10.

Proto-West Khoe : *|háò

Meaning : fat (in neck)

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : |háò

References : Visser 10.

Proto-West Khoe : *|haṍ

Meaning : to be together, fight and fall together

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : |haṍ

References : Visser 10.

Proto-West Khoe : *|háú

Meaning : bunch, cluster

Naro : |háú

References : Visser 10.

Proto-West Khoe : *|hau

Meaning : to steam

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : |hàu-|hau

References : Visser 10.

Proto-West Khoe : *|héné

Meaning : to sit with buttocks on ground

Naro : |héné

References : Visser 10.

Proto-West Khoe : *|hène

Meaning : to slow down

Naro : |hène

References : Visser 10.

Proto-West Khoe : *|hǐ

Meaning : black rhinoceros

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : |hǐ

Kxoe (Hukwe) : |hí (Kö.)

Buga : |hǐ

|Ganda : |hí

Naro : |híí; |hí (V.)

#Haba : |hí

References : Visser 10; Vossen 492.

Proto-West Khoe : *|hì

Meaning : jealous

Naro : |hìi

Notes : Cf. PNK *|kháí id. - borrowing from Zhu?

References : Visser 10.

Proto-West Khoe : *|(h)ó

Meaning : white

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : |óó "cloud; dawn; white, of Europeans" (V.)

|Gwi : |ôbe (Ta.)

//Gana : |ôbe (Ta.)

References : Barnard 32, 121; Tanaka 107.