South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology : Query result

Proto-Taa : *kV

Meaning : to be (copulative)

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : kV L

!Xoong derivates : Cf. also kV H "locative particle, verbal particle".

References : Traill 170.

Proto-Taa : *kVV

Meaning : the one(s) which

!Xoong : kVV

References : Traill 170.

Proto-Taa : *kxá

Meaning : a species of plant (Cadaba aphylla)

!Xoong : kxʔáa dâbe 3 II, pl. -tê 3 II

References : Traill 175.

Proto-Taa : *kxái

Meaning : to laugh

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : kxʔái -sà kxʔaJV H

Masarwa : -||k"aḭ, ||k"ẽĩ, ||k"xaī

!Xoong derivates : kxʔáje 3 I "laughter"

References : Bleek 602, 605, 610; Traill 175.

Proto-Taa : *kxã̄^h

Meaning : to drink

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : kxʔāhã -sà kxʔahV H, var. kxʔāhã-kxʔāhã kV

Masarwa : k"ã, k"ãa, k"ē, ||k"ã

|Nu//en : k"aa, k"ãu

References : Bleek 117, 120, 121, 601; Traill 175.

Proto-Taa : *kxâba

Meaning : to get up (sg.)

!Xoong : kxʔâba

References : Traill 175.

Proto-Taa : *kxâm

Meaning : first

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : kxʔâm

References : Traill 175.

Proto-Taa : *kxā

Meaning : to cry, sound

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : kxʔāa

Masarwa : ||k"a

|Nu//en : k"a

!Xoong derivates : nom. kxʔã̄ 2 II

References : Bleek 117, 601; Traill 175.

Proto-Taa : *kxāo

Meaning : pre-dawn

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : kxʔāo 3 II

!Xoong derivates : kxʔāo à̰a "early pre-dawn"; kxʔāo qáe "later pre-dawn"

References : Traill 175.

Proto-Taa : *kxô

Meaning : shall; future particle

!Xoong : kxʔôo kxʔôo-sà 2 II

References : Traill 175.

Proto-Taa : *kxù

Meaning : to lower, remove, get down, descend (sg.), arrive

!Xoong : kxʔùa -sà kxʔuV H

!Xoong derivates : kxʔùa "go on! get away!"; kxʔùa ʔǂnà̰na sàʔã "remove the lid of the pot"; kxʔuV |qʔàn "lit. depress the heart, i.e. annoy"; kxʔuV tṵ̀m "skin (vb.)"; kxʔúã |ʔã̀ "make fire"

References : Traill 175.

Proto-Taa : *kxūbu

Meaning : to snap off, uproot

!Xoong : kxʔūbu

!Xoong derivates : kxʔūbu ʔǂná̰la "uproot a tree"

References : Traill 176.

Proto-Taa : *ƛâ-

Stems : *ƛâ-i

Meaning : to kill

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : qâi -sà qaJV H

Masarwa : ||ā; ||k"ai 'to kill by a blow on the head'

|Nu//en : ||kwannako

!Xoong derivates : qáji ||ʔábi "to play the stick game"; qáje |qʔàn "lit. to kill the heart, i.e. to worry"; qáńa |ʔã̀ "to strike a light"

References : Bleek 597, 602; Bleek 1929: 50; Traill 177.

Proto-Taa : *lâ

Meaning : person

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : tâa 3 I; tāʔa (North), lāʔa (South) (Mg.)

Masarwa : da, la̰, la̰a̰, lāa

|Nu//en : da

!Xoong derivates : tâa à̰a 2 II, pl. ||xã̀ 2 II "man, husband"; tâa qáe 2 II, pl. |ã̰̀ 2 II "woman, wife"; tâa à̰a-bè-sè / tâa à̰a-bè-tê 3 II, pl. -tû 4 II "whatsisname, whatshername, whatyoumaycallit"

Notes : In !Xóõ cf. also dialectal variant lâa. See also *tû 'person'.

References : Bleek 19, 129; Maingard 1958: 100; Traill 154, 191.

Proto-Taa : *má̰n

Meaning : to speak Kgalagadi

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : má̰n

!Xoong derivates : má̰ni -sà "to speak a non-Khoisan language"

References : Traill 192.

Proto-Taa : *máńa

Meaning : kin, members of a band nexus

!Xoong : máńa 2 II, pl. -tê 2 II

References : Traill 192.

Proto-Taa : *mára

Meaning : to graze around in a small area

!Xoong : mála kV (kâ) tàm

References : Traill 192.

Proto-Taa : *mâri

Meaning : to turn, return, answer

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : mâli kV

References : Traill 192.

Proto-Taa : *ń

Meaning : indicative formative

!Xoong : ń

References : Traill 193.

Proto-Taa : *ǹ

Meaning : noun class 5 harmonic pronoun; it

!Xoong : ǹ

References : Traill 193.