South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology : Query result

Proto-!Wi : *kʔi (?)

Meaning : egg

|Haasi : kʔii

References : Story 21.

Proto-!Wi : *ka

Meaning : particle of probability

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : kă, kā (B., Ll.)

References : Bleek 74.

Proto-!Wi : *ka

Meaning : particle with possessive meaning

|Xam : ka

//Ng : ka

#Khomani : ka (Mg.)

//Xegwi (Batwa) : ka

|Auni : ka

References : Bleek 74-75; Maingard 243.

Proto-!Wi : *ka

Meaning : to wish, intend, think

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ka (B.), kă, kā (Ll.)

References : Bleek 73.

Proto-!Wi : *ka- (?)

Meaning : all

//Kxau : ka-ma

References : Meinhof 1929: 184.

Proto-!Wi : *ka̰

Meaning : to breathe

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

//Ng : kā̯aŋ "to inhale"

N|huki : ka̰a

References : Bleek 75; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *kaU

Meaning : warm

|Xam : kkạ̄ū, kkạukkạ́u (B.), kkặ́o, kkặokkặ́o (Ll.)

References : Bleek 80.

Proto-!Wi : *keri (?)

Meaning : cool

|Xam : kórrē, kóŕŕē, kwe_̆́ŕŕē_ (B.); kku̥érre (Ll.); kku̥érreku̥érre "coolness, evening"(Ll.)

//Ng : kerī "to be cool"

References : Bleek 87, 101, 113.

Proto-!Wi : *kerV

Meaning : leaves

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : kkérrǔ, kkĕ́r̀ru "to be green" (Ll.)

//Ng : xerrō "leaves, foliage"

References : Bleek 87, 259.

Proto-!Wi : *khaʔa (?)

Meaning : smoke

//Xegwi (Batwa) : khaʔa-zi (LH)

Notes : Not met outside ||Xegwi.

References : LHa 100.

Proto-!Wi : *khana

Meaning : wide

N|huki : khana, khǝnǝ

References : NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *ko

Meaning : other, another

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : kō, kkō, ko_ (B.), kō, kko_ (Ll.); pl. ku̥ĭ́tǝn (B.), ku̥ítǝn, kkúitǝn (Ll.)

//Ng : ko

References : Bleek 95, 105.

Proto-!Wi : *ko̰

Meaning : to swell

N|huki : ko̰o̰-a "swelling"

References : NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *koro

Meaning : jackal (black-backed)

|Xam : kóro, kōrō (B.), kóro, kkṓro (Ll.)

//Ng : korō

N|huki : koro

#Khomani : kɔrɔ (Mg.)

//Kxau : kọ̄rọ̄

References : Bleek 101; Maingard 240; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *KÔm

Meaning : to suck, suckle

|Xam : kkọ̆m̄m̄́, kku̥ọm̄́m̄ "to suck, drink" (Ll.)

References : Bleek 99, 115.

Proto-!Wi : *kUe

Meaning : heavy

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : kkóē̈n (B.); kkwḗṅ, kkuéṅ (Ll.)

|Auni : gei-te (?)

|Nusan : ta goin

References : Bleek 45, 97, 113, 188.

Proto-!Wi : *kuru

Meaning : warm; to burn

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

//Ng : kurúke "to burn"

//Xegwi (Batwa) : kurúwa "warm"; khuru-wa (LH)

References : Bleek 107; LHa 102.

Proto-!Wi : *kV-

Meaning : all

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : kū (B.); kū, emph. kūgǝn (Ll.)

//Ng : kwa

//Kxau : hua

Seroa : ku (Wu.)

References : Bleek 79, 103; Bleek 1929: 15; Meinhof 1929: 184.

Proto-!Wi : *kV

Meaning : to say

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ka (B.); kă, kā "to wish, intend, think, say" (Ll.)

N|huki : ka

#Khomani : k=a, kɔ̥, ku, kū, kūwa, kwa, ŋka, ŋko̥ (Mg.)

//Kxau : ku

|Auni : ko

References : Bleek 73, 95, 103, 108, 148; Maingard 247; Meinhof 1929: 187; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *ḱV

Meaning : copula

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

//Ng : ki

#Khomani : kja, kje, kjǝ, kjǝn (Mg.)

!Gã!ne : ki

//Xegwi (Batwa) : ki

|Auni : ki

References : Bleek 91, 93; Maingard 93.