South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology : Query result

Proto-!Wi : *ɡ||ai

Meaning : female

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

#Khomani : ||gai|ka, ||kei|ka, ||ʔei|kha "girl" (Mg.)

Seroa : ||ei-kje "woman, female"

References : Bleek 520, 521, 524, 569; Maingard 243.

Proto-!Wi : *ɡ||gãĩ

Meaning : hyaena

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !gwãĩṅ, !gwãĩ ya, !gwãĩyaṅ (B.)

//Ng : ||gãĩ

N|huki : ɡ||ǝ̃ĩ, ɡ||ãĩ

#Khomani : ||gai, ŋ||gãĩ̃, (ŋ)gɦãĩ̃, ||gãĩ (Mg.)

|Auni : ||gãĩ

|Nusan : !gõai

References : Bleek 384, 391, 524; Maingard 240; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *ɡ||O

Meaning : tortoise

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ||gṑ (B.); ||gō (Ll.)

//Ng : ||gɔ "large mountain tortoise"

#Khomani : -||gou (Dk.)

//Kxau : go "large tortoise"

|Auni : ||gō "tortoise-shell"

References : Bleek 47, 531, 534.

Proto-!Wi : *ɡ||o

Meaning : smoke

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ||gó_ö_ (Ll.)

N|huki : ||o̰o̰ke

#Khomani : ||ʔɔʔoke, ||ʔɔ̯o̯ke (Dk.)

References : Bleek 533, 626; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *ɡ||o

Meaning : bull

N|huki : ɡ||oʔo, ɡ||oo, ||uo

References : NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *ɡ||oa

Meaning : springbok

//Ng : ||gwa̰

References : Bleek 536.

Proto-!Wi : *ɡ||Vri

Meaning : feather

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ||ge_́rri, ||ge_́rriya (B.), ||gerre (Ll.); ||gɛrritǝn-ti "large bird" (B.)

References : Bleek 530.

Proto-!Wi : *go (*ɡ!-)

Meaning : bark

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

//Ng : !gō

References : Bleek 383.

Proto-!Wi : *gou

Meaning : blister

|Xam : gouru, gougoutǝn (B.)

References : Bleek 49.

Proto-!Wi : *gum

Meaning : cattle

//Ng : gum

|Auni : gumi

References : Bleek 51.

Proto-!Wi : *gum

Meaning : to threaten (with a stick), to throw

|Xam : gguḿma (B.); ggum̄́m̄, guḿma, ttẽ gguḿm (Ll.)

References : Bleek 51.

Proto-!Wi : *g|ʔɛ

Stems : *g|ʔɛ-i; *g|ʔɛi-ti

Meaning : woman

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

//Ng : |aiti, |aiki, |gaiki, |gaiti, |gēki; ||ke |a "girl"; ||koẽ̄n-|ā "old woman"

N|huki : |aake, |eeki

#Khomani : |keici "girl" (Dk.); ||kai |ʔa "girl", |ʔaʔa "servant girl" (Mg.); |ʔaice, |ʔaici, |ʔeici, |keiki (Mg.)

//Kxau : |a⁺ti', |au

//Ku//e : |āti

!Gã!ne : |a-ti "friendly; female"

//Xegwi (Batwa) : |āze

|Auni : |kẽ; |gēki; |gāke, |gākei "old woman"; |kan "woman", |kan ||gai "girl", |kane ||xabbe "young woman"

|Haasi : |ĩ

References : Bleek 267-268, 270, 271, 274, 275, 278, 292, 296, 298, 300, 302, 307, 308, 584; \X<1.144>NFn; Maingard 239; Meinhof 1929\x: 185.

Proto-!Wi : *g|au

Meaning : to beg for, call upon, pray

References : Bleek 276.

Proto-!Wi : *g|U

Stems : *|gU-m

Meaning : leaf

|Xam : |gum̄́m̄́ (meaning "leaf" approximate) (Ll.)

References : Bleek 283.

Proto-!Wi : *g|Ua

Meaning : shelter

|Xam : |gu̥ă^ŋ "grass shelter, nest" (Ll.)

References : Bleek 284.

Proto-!Wi : *!ʔa

Meaning : to be with; (in cpds.) to understand

|Xam : !ā (B.); !ā́ (Ll.)

References : Bleek 368.

Proto-!Wi : *!ʔae

Meaning : to be afraid

|Xam : !ā́ë^ŋ (B.)

References : Bleek 369.

Proto-!Wi : *!ʔai

Meaning : to call

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

//Ng : !ē

#Khomani : !ʔeija (Mg.)

References : Bleek 373; Maingard 245.

Proto-!Wi : *!ʔaru

Meaning : lizard (gecko?)

N|huki : !ʔǝru

References : NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *!ʔãũ

Meaning : rock hyrax

N|huki : !ʔǝ̃ũ

References : NFn.