South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology : Query result

Proto-!Wi : *|oba

Meaning : white

|Xam : |k'ɔ:wa

//Ng : |ɔ̄wa

Notes : Potential borrowings from Khoe.

References : Bleek 357; Bleek 1929: 91.

Proto-!Wi : *|oba

Meaning : child

//Ng : |gwa

#Khomani : |ʔuba, |ʔuva (Dk.); |kōba (Mg.)

//Ku//e : |uã

!Gã!ne : |guba

|Auni : |koba "boy"

References : Bleek 283, 284, 318, 358; Maingard 240.

Proto-!Wi : *|(o)eĩ

Meaning : a k. of ant

//Ng : |kwēn "k. of ant"

References : Bleek 275, 330; Bleek 1929: 16.

Proto-!Wi : *|ou

Stems : *|ou-i

Meaning : to look, see

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Nusan : |oue

References : Bleek 270, 357.

Proto-!Wi : *|qa

Meaning : shiny, shimmering

N|huki : |qa(a)

References : NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *|qaba

Meaning : soup

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : |ká̯bba, |xắbba (Ll.)

//Xegwi (Batwa) : |kabba "basin (possibly with soup in it)" (?)

References : Bleek 295-6.

Proto-!Wi : *|qare

Meaning : yellow mongoose

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

N|huki : |qǝre

References : NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *|qho-

Meaning : porcupine

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : |khṓge̯n (Ll.)

//Ng : |kwī (?)

N|huki : |qho̰oke, ka |qhooke, |xooke

//Kxau : |họ̄ntĕ_n

|Haasi : |õ

References : Bleek 289, 313, 334, 355; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *|qhu

Stems : *|qhu-i; *|qhu-ĩ; *si-|qhu

Meaning : bird

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : |kwī, |ku̥ī "vulture" (B., Ll.)

//Ng : =|kwi, |kwī

#Khomani : |kwi-si, pl. |kwi-ke, |kwi-kje (Mg.)

//Kxau : |hu̯ī⁺

!Gã!ne : =|kwiŋ

//Xegwi (Batwa) : |wi-ʘari

|Auni : si|ku

|Haasi : si-|gō

References : Bleek 170, 291, 334, 686; LHa 105; Maingard 240; Meinhof 1929: 188; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *|qhuru

Meaning : hipbone

N|huki : |qhuru

References : NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *|qo (?)

Meaning : sweet

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

References : NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *|qoe

Stems : *|qoe-ten

Meaning : lower leg, shinbone

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : |kwètǝn, |ku̥ètǝn, |kwe|kwētǝn, |ku̥ĕ́|ku̥ĕ́ĕ́-tǝn "legs, calves of legs" (Ll.)

//Ng : |kwe "shinbone"

N|huki : |qoe "calf"

References : Bleek 332, 333; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *|qU (*|kx-)

Meaning : bee

|Xam : |k"ā "comb of young bees" (Ll.) (?)

//Ng : -|khɔ̄sa

#Khomani : |kxʔɔke (Dk.)

References : Bleek 313, 314, 336.

Proto-!Wi : *|U

Stems : *|U-a

Meaning : to lack

//Ng : |uā

//Xegwi (Batwa) : |keo (?)

References : Bleek 309, 358.

Proto-!Wi : *|u

Stems : *|u-i

Meaning : aardwolf

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : |kū́, |kū̀ (B.); |kù, |kū́, |kūkǝn (Ll.)

//Ng : |ky-i "anteater"

References : Bleek 322-23, 336.

Proto-!Wi : *|u

Meaning : to put away

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : |kū, |kū̀, |kūwa "to put, put away, pack"

//Ng : |ku "put in, pour in"

|Auni : |ku "to pack"

References : Bleek 322.

Proto-!Wi : *|u

Stems : *|u-^ŋ

Meaning : to lie down

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : |ū^ŋṅ, |ū́^ŋ (B.); |ū^ŋṅ, |ū^ŋ (Ll.)

#Khomani : |g-uu (Mg.)

|Auni : -|go; |kueŋ ka "to lie upon"

References : Bleek 280, 284, 323, 359.

Proto-!Wi : *|u

Stems : *|u-tV

Meaning : buttocks

//Ng : |utu

N|huki : |u-ću

|Auni : |hoti

References : Bleek 289, 360; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *|u

Meaning : stem, trunk

|Xam : |ŭ, |ukǝn|ukǝn (B.), |ŭ́ (Ll.)

References : Bleek 357, 359.

Proto-!Wi : *|ui

Meaning : smoke

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

//Ng : |kwī

References : Bleek 334.