South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology : Query result

Proto-!Wi : *||aba

Meaning : bone

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ||kằbba "piece of eland's bone" (Ll.)

//Ng : ||kabba "bone, bone knife"

N|huki : ||ǝBǝ, ||aBǝ

References : Bleek 548; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *||abe

Meaning : leopard

N|huki : ||ǝBe

References : NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *||a̰

Meaning : mat

|Xam : ||kạ̄́ (B.), ||kạ̄́, ||kạ̄́gǝn (Ll.)

Seroa : kaa-ka-si

References : Bleek 546; Maingard 242.

Proto-!Wi : *||a̰n

Meaning : new, fresh, raw

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ||kāṅ, ||khāṅ (B.); ||kā̯ṅ, pl. ||ka̰||ka̰n^rn^ra (Ll.)

References : Bleek 556, 565, 573.

Proto-!Wi : *||ãĩ

Meaning : a k. of squirrel (or meerkat?)

N|huki : ||ǝ̃ĩ, ||ãĩ

References : NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *||are

Stems : sky

|Auni : ||kale, ||kare

References : Bleek 554.

Proto-!Wi : *||ã[ũ]

Meaning : brother

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ||kaṅ-ō, ||kã̄, pl. ||kánde_́ (B.); ||kã̄ "elder brother", ||kã-ʘpu̥ắ "younger brother" (Ll.)

//Ng : ||kã "brother-in-law", ||kaŋ, ||kãũ "brother"

#Khomani : ||kã, ||kãũ (Mg.)

//Kxau : ||au, ||ãũ

//Xegwi (Batwa) : ||gã

|Auni : ||kas, ||kāsi

|Nusan : ||gã

References : Bleek 522, 546, 557, 559, 561; Maingard 239.

Proto-!Wi : *||au

Meaning : to fly

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ||kau, ||kaū, ||x`au, ||khou, ||khau (B.); ||kaù, ||kāū, ||kaŭ, ||xắu, ||xŏu, ||khŏ́u, ||khău (Ll.)

//Ng : =||kou, ||khou

References : Bleek 560, 573, 576, 588, 632-3, 636.

Proto-!Wi : *||ẽĩ

Meaning : horn

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ||kē_^ŋ, pl. emph. ||keĩ||keĩ́yaṅ (B.); ||khẽ̄, pl. ||kĕ́í||kéï, ||ké^ŋï||ké^ŋï, ||kéī̃||kéï^ŋ (Ll.)

//Ng : ||kãĩŋ, pl. ||keĩsa

N|huki : ||qhoe-si

#Khomani : ||kẽĩ (Mg.)

//Xegwi (Batwa) : ||kẽ; ||gii (LH)

|Auni : ||kẽĩ

References : Bleek 547, 551, 567, 568, 569, 574, 595, 598; LHb 48; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *||[h]abi

Meaning : wet

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

N|huki : ||hǝbe-ǝ, ||abi-ǝ

References : NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *||hɛ (?)

Meaning : apron; to dress

|Xam : ||u̥hī, ||ŭhí "to dress, wear; dress, apron" (Ll.)

//Ng : ||ʌhḗ, ||hē, ||hai, ||ʔhi

|Auni : si ||ha "woman's kaross", si=||hansa "apron"

Khatia : ||hḁnsa "apron of women"

References : Bleek 170, 539, 540, 541, 542, 628.

Proto-!Wi : *||ho

Meaning : bag

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ||hō (B.), ||hō, ||hṑ, pl. ||hŏ̀||hŏ́ (Ll.)

//Ng : ||ho "bag, quiver"

|Auni : ||ho

Khatia : ||hō

References : Bleek 542.

Proto-!Wi : *||ho̰-

Meaning : to spit

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ||kwárre_ (B.); ||ku̥árra (Ll.)

N|huki : ||ho̰ḛ

References : Bleek 598; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *||homo

Meaning : to open (one's eyes)

N|huki : ||homo

Notes : Cf. !Xóõ n||Gube id.

References : NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *||hṼ

Meaning : to cough

|Xam : ||u̥hạĭ́^ŋ, ||ŭhạ̄́ī (Ll.)

//Ng : -||ɔ̥̃hɔ̃

References : Bleek 626, 628.

Proto-!Wi : *||kha

Meaning : side

|Xam : ||xä^ŋṅ, ||xã̄xu, ||kã̄x`u (B.); ||x`ã̄x`u, ||x`ã̄ṅ (Ll.)

//Ng : ||kāxu "side; afternoon (short from ||kõin ||kāxu)"

|Nusan : ||kaxu "side", ||kãxu "near"

References : Bleek 564, 632, 634.

Proto-!Wi : *||khã

Meaning : lion

|Xam : ||khã̄, ||khā̯^ŋ (B.), ||khā̯^ŋ, ||khā̯ (Ll.)

|Nusan : ||kã

References : Bleek 547, 572.

Proto-!Wi : *||khe

Meaning : beast of prey

|Xam : ||ké||kē, ||khē||khē, ||kéi||kei (B.); ||kĕ́||kĕ́, ||khé||khē (Ll.)

References : Bleek 569, 571, 575.

Proto-!Wi : *||khẽĩ

Meaning : tooth

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ||khẽ̄i, pl. ||xĕĩ||xĕĩ (Ll.)

//Ng : ||kãĩ, ||kẽ̄, ||keĩ, pl. ||kẽ||kẽ

N|huki : ||hǝ̃ĩ-si

#Khomani : ||kẽĩ, ||kẽisi

//Ku//e : =k"e pl.

!Gã!ne : ||ĩ||iŋ "teeth"

//Xegwi (Batwa) : ||keĩ; ||khĩ (LH)

|Haasi : k"i ||e

Khatia : n ||kẽ "my tooth"; kan ||keĩa "tooth"

References : Bleek 122, 520, 544, 551, 567, 568, 571, 574, 629, 635, 637; LHb 48; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *||kho

Stems : *||kho-re

Meaning : wrist

|Xam : ||khórre_, pl. ||kho̥||khórre_ (B.)

References : Bleek 576.