South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology : Query result

Proto-Taa : *sã̰́ũ

Meaning : altocumulus cloud

!Xoong : sã̰́ũ1 n II

References : Traill 185.

Proto-Taa : *sâ̰ru

Meaning : secretion of the anal gland

!Xoong : sâ̰lu-tê 2 II

!Xoong derivates : sâ̰lu-tê ɳ||ã̀ "anal gland"

References : Traill 185.

Proto-Taa : *sàm

Meaning : to sip something hot

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : sàm kV

References : Traill 185.

Proto-Taa : *sàmi

Meaning : to spin (e.g. a top or a helicopter toy)

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : sàmi

References : Traill 185.

Proto-Taa : *sáni

Meaning : pre-orbital gland

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

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

References : Traill 185.

Proto-Taa : *sáo

Meaning : to fondle a child

!Xoong : sáo kV

References : Traill 185.

Proto-Taa : *sáu

Meaning : to set a dog onto

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : sáu kV

References : Traill 185.

Proto-Taa : *sáu

Meaning : to fall (of the first rains)

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : sáu làa

References : Traill 185.

Proto-Taa : *sã́ũ

Meaning : maggots found in the skull of hartebeest and wildebeest

!Xoong : sáũ-kú-tê 2 I

References : Traill 185.

Proto-Taa : *sâ

Meaning : to go

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : sâa -sà

Masarwa : ša

|Nu//en : sa, si

!Xoong derivates : sâa kV "to go to someone to pick a fight"

References : Traill 184.

Proto-Taa : *sã̂

Meaning : species of plant (Pelargonium dololmiticum)

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : sã̂-sã̂ 3 II, pl. -tê 3 II

References : Traill 184.

Proto-Taa : *sã̂ʔ

Meaning : seed

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : sâʔã2 n I (sg. and pl.)

References : Traill 184.

Proto-Taa : *sām

Meaning : to flick the tail (as a lion)

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : sām-sām kV

References : Traill 185.

Proto-Taa : *sè

Meaning : noun suffix

!Xoong : sè

References : Traill 185.

Proto-Taa : *sé

Meaning : soap

!Xoong : sée 3 e/u II (sg. and pl.)

!Xoong derivates : dim. sàu ʘàa

References : Traill 185.

Proto-Taa : *sē

Meaning : truth

!Xoong : sēe 1 II

!Xoong derivates : kí sēe "truly, please"

References : Traill 185.

Proto-Taa : *si

Meaning : we (excl.)

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

Masarwa : si

|Nu//en : si

Notes : In !Xóõ cf. maybe -sî in ī-sî 'we'. According to Traill, !Xóõ does not distinguish between the inclusive and exclusive. So the form īsî may be a "contraction" of both (?).

References : Bleek 168; Traill 196.

Proto-Taa : *síʔi

Meaning : to bite; to speak a Khoisan language (homonym?)

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : síʔi -sà siʔJV H

|Nu//en : tseja ||kai

!Xoong derivates : sīʔje ||kxȭ "to lie"; síʔńa qàńa "to be angry"

References : Bleek 214, 215-16; Traill 186.

Proto-Taa : *síʔi

Meaning : snake

!Xoong : síʔi-sà 2 II, pl. -tê 2 II

Masarwa : ši||kwoi

|Nu//en : si-||gwi, si-ǂgwi

References : Bleek 170, 180, 218; Traill 186.

Proto-Taa : *sī

Meaning : generic locative, side, place, "it"

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : sīi 2 II, pl. -tê 2 II

!Xoong derivates : ká sīi ǂʔùã "on one side"; ká sīi "there, here"

References : Traill 185.