South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology : Query result

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂā̰^hbi

Meaning : stand, clump of small trees or bushes

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ɳǂā̰hbi 2 II, pl. -tê 2 II

References : Traill 145.

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂā^hre

Meaning : to stagger about

!Xoong : ɳǂāhle

References : Traill 146.

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂò̰^ho

Meaning : ovary, womb, met. for semen

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ɳǂò̰ho 2 II (pos.), ɳǂō̰ho 3 I (al.), pl. -tê 2 II (pos.), ɳǂō̰ho-tê 3 I (al.)

References : Traill 147.

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂôba

Meaning : to be in darkness (of the new moon)

!Xoong : ɳǂôba

References : Traill 146.

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂôro

Meaning : to hang up

!Xoong : ɳǂôlo kV

!Xoong derivates : ɳǂôlo kâ tshûu (sg.)/!ʔã́ (pl.) "be hanging up"

References : Traill 146.

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂō̰

Meaning : ritual mixture kept in a tortoise shell and used in curing dances

!Xoong : ɳǂō̰o 2 I, pl. ɳǂō̰n-tê 2 I

References : Traill 146.

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂú

Meaning : knobkierrie, club

!Xoong : ɳǂúa 3 I, pl. ɳǂúm-sã́ 2 I

!Xoong derivates : dim. ɳǂùu-bâ, pl. ɳǂùu ʘʔâni

References : Traill 147.

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂù

Stems : *ɳǂũ̀

Meaning : foot; spoor, track

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ɳǂũ̀ 2 II (pos.), ɳǂũ̄ 3 I (al.), pl. ɳǂùma-tê 2 II (pos.), ɳǂūma-tê 3 I (al.); !ŋo, !ŋǝ (Mg.)

Masarwa : ǂno, ||no, ||numa "foot"; !numma "feet"

|Nu//en : ǂnu

!Xoong derivates : ɳǂũ̀ !ṵ̀e "sole of foot"; ǂxàm ɳǂũ̀ "gemsbok spoor"; ɳǂũ̀ ʘàa-tû "toes"; ɳǂũ̀ ǂhái "instep"; ɳǂũ̀ tshôe "arch of the foot"; |kxʔàa ɳǂũ̀ "front hoof, paw, foreleg"

References : Bleek 479, 483, 485, 487, 612, 617, 619, 622, 672, 674, 675, 677; Maingard 1958: 101; Traill 147.

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂùa

Meaning : to cool down (e.g. hot water or the sun)

!Xoong : ɳǂùa

References : Traill 147.

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂṵ̂

Meaning : mouse; muscle

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ɳǂṵ̂je 3 I, pl. ɳǂṵ̂m 2 I

!Xoong derivates : dim. ɳǂṵ́ju-bâ, pl. ɳǂṵ́ju ʘʔâni; !kxʔolo |ē ɳǂṵ̂je "the lump of a tensed muscle"

References : Traill 147.

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂṵ̂m

Meaning : Morama nuts

!Xoong : ɳǂṵ̂m 2 I, pl. ɳǂṵ̂ma-tê 2 II

!Xoong derivates : dim. ɳǂṵ́ju bà, ɳǂṵ́u ʘàa, pl. ɳǂṵ́ju ʘʔâni

References : Traill 147.

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂṵ̂n

Meaning : navel

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ɳǂṵ̂n 2 II, pl. ɳǂṵ̂na-tê 2 II

References : Traill 147.

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂũ̀ĩ

Meaning : to travel at night

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ɳǂùĩ

References : Traill 147.

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂùm

Meaning : to lay out a skin for making a hunting bag

!Xoong : ɳǂùm kV

References : Traill 147.

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂũ̀^h

Stems : *ɳǂũ̀^h-a

Meaning : ear

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ɳǂùhã 2 II (pos.), ɳǂūhã3 I (al.), pl. -tê 2 II (pos.), ɳǂūhã-tê 3 I (al.)

Masarwa : !nwā

|Nu//en : ǂnuša; ǂnui-te "ears"

!Xoong derivates : ɳǂùhã ʔ!nà̰ho "the cavity between the mandible, ear and skull"; |qʔàn ɳǂùhã "auricle of the heart"; ɳǂùhã tàhna "lobe of the ear"

References : Bleek 487, 620, 669, 674; Traill 147.

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂûm

Meaning : two

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ɳǂûm

Masarwa : ||num, !num, =!nammi

|Nu//en : !num

!Xoong derivates : ɳǂûmʔū 4 I "you (dual.)", dim. ɳǂûm |qà̰m ʘʔâni; ɳǂûm kV, ɳǂûm-ɳǂûm kV "make up a pair with, accompany in a twosome"

References : Bleek 448, 473, 485, 492, 591, 622, 627; Traill 147.

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂū

Meaning : to chase off a storm by waving a burning branch

!Xoong : ɳǂūu kV

References : Traill 147.

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂṵ̄a^h

Meaning : to pull, drag, lead

!Xoong : ɳǂṵ̄ha -sà ɳǂṵhV M

References : Traill 147.

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂū^hʔma

Meaning : ritual face marks of soot and fat

!Xoong : ɳǂūhʔma 2 I, pl. -tê 2 I

References : Traill 147.

Proto-Taa : *ɳʘâ̰

Stems : *ɳʘâ̰-e

Meaning : edible cucumber

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ɳʘâ̰e 3 e I, pl. ɳʘṵ̂m 2 u I "edible cucumber (Coccinia Aff. Rehmannii-Cucurbitaceae)"

Masarwa : ʘnoaʔe "edible fruit of the Coccinea Rehmannii"; ʘnoahai "plant with turnip-like roots" (Schu.)

|Nu//en : ʘmwai "onion, cucumber"

!Xoong derivates : dim. ɳʘṵ́u-bà, ɳʘṵ́u ʘàa, pl. ɳʘṵ́u-nî (ʘʔâni)

References : Bleek 683; Traill 51.