Central Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Khoe : *ǂʔúbí

Meaning : egg; testicle

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

West Khoe : *ǂʔúbí

East Khoe : *ʔjíbí

References : Baucom 21; Vossen 451.

Proto-Khoe : *ǂa[-ba]

Meaning : open (of terrain)

Khoekhoe : *ǂaba

West Khoe : *ǂ(ʔ)a[-ba]

References : Baucom 28.

Proto-Khoe : *ǂáó

Meaning : heart

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *ǂao

West Khoe : *ǂáó

East Khoe : *ćáó

Notes : Baucom: ||Gabake tSʔoo, Shua tSoo, Buka ǂao.

References : Baucom 22; Vossen 449.

Proto-Khoe : *ǂáú

Meaning : a k. of vessel

Khoekhoe : *ǂau

West Khoe : *ǂáú

References : Vossen 441.

Proto-Khoe : *ǂã̂

Meaning : to enter

Khoekhoe : *ǂã

West Khoe : *ǂã̂

East Khoe : *ćã̂

Notes : Baucom's *ǂã "to enter" and *ǂa "to set (of the sun)" are, in fact, the same root.

References : Baucom 21, 26; Vossen 450.

Proto-Khoe : *ǂé

Meaning : ear

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *ǂae

West Khoe : *ǂé

East Khoe : *ćé

Notes : Baucom: ||Gabake tSee, Shua tçee, Buka ǂee, Molepolole tjē, Hai!um ǂʔai.

References : Baucom 21; Vossen 474.

Proto-Khoe : *ǂe

Meaning : to pull

Khoekhoe : *ǂae

West Khoe : *ǂe

East Khoe : *će (*c-, *ḱ-)

References : Baucom 25.

Proto-Khoe : *ǂhã

Meaning : forearm

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *ǂhã

Notes : Isolated Nama form with correspondences in Bushman.

Proto-Khoe : *ǂha[-ba]

Meaning : flat; wide

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *ǂha[-ba]

West Khoe : *ǂa[-ba]

East Khoe : *ć(h)aba

Notes : Very similar in phonology (and dysillabic structure) to *ǂa-[ba] 'open (of terrain)', but still probably two different roots (cf. the opposition between Nama ɡǂawa and ǂhawa).

References : Vossen 426.

Proto-Khoe : *ǂhai

Meaning : springbok

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *ǂhae

West Khoe : *ɡǂai (*ǂh-?)

East Khoe : *ćh(a)i (??)

Proto-Khoe : *ǂhai

Meaning : to chip, shards

Khoekhoe : *ǂhai

West Khoe : *ǂ(h)i

Proto-Khoe : *ǂháó

Meaning : to be ashamed

West Khoe : *ǂháó

East Khoe : *ćháó

References : Vossen 483.

Proto-Khoe : *ǂháù

Meaning : a k. of tree (Combretum mechowianum)

West Khoe : *ǂháù

East Khoe : *ćháù

References : Vossen 420.

Proto-Khoe : *ǂho

Meaning : placenta

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *ǂho

West Khoe : *ǂ(h)o

East Khoe : *ćo

References : Vossen 469.

Proto-Khoe : *ǂ(h)om

Meaning : locust

Khoekhoe : *ǂhom

West Khoe : *ǂom

East Khoe : *ćom

Notes : Non-Khoekhoe forms point towards an initial *ǂ-, but Proto-Khoekhoe has a definite *ǂh-.

References : Vossen 449.

Proto-Khoe : *ǂhubi

Meaning : to burn, blaze

Khoekhoe : *ǂhubi

Proto-Khoe : *ǂhùní

Meaning : elbow

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *!ʔuni (?)

West Khoe : *ǂhùní

East Khoe : *ćhùní

Notes : The relation of the Nama word to PNKK *ǂhùní is unclear.

References : Vossen 430-431.

Proto-Khoe : *ǂí

Meaning : to call

Khoekhoe : *ǂai

West Khoe : *ǂí

East Khoe : *ćí

References : Vossen 480.

Proto-Khoe : *ǂi

Meaning : to be ill

Khoekhoe : *ǂi (?)

West Khoe : *ǂi

East Khoe : *ći

References : Vossen 459.

Proto-Khoe : *ǂkxara

Meaning : seed

Khoekhoe : *ǂkxara

Notes : A Khoekhoe isogloss.