Central Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔã

Meaning : thong; loincloth

Khoekhoe : *!ʔã

West Khoe : *!ʔã (*0-)

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔã (!kx-)

Meaning : long (of distance)

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *!ʔã (!kx-)

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔaba

Meaning : to climb

Khoekhoe : *!ʔaba

West Khoe : *!ʔaba

East Khoe : *aba

References : Baucom 19.

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔam

Meaning : to fit, assemble

Khoekhoe : *!ʔam

West Khoe : *!ʔám̀ (*0-)

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔam

Meaning : feather

Khoekhoe : *!ʔam

Notes : A Khoekhoe isogloss.

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔáò

Meaning : to be afraid

Khoekhoe : *!ʔao

West Khoe : *!ʔáò

East Khoe : *áò

References : Baucom 18; Vossen 439.

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔau

Meaning : to cry out (of joy)

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *!ʔau

West Khoe : *!ʔáú

East Khoe : *au

References : Vossen 417-18.

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔau

Meaning : forest, veld, field

Khoekhoe : *!ʔau

West Khoe : *!(ʔ)au

East Khoe : *kau

Notes : In Proto-East CK *au would be expected; somehow, *!ʔ > *! (irregularly).

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔau

Meaning : to hunt

Khoekhoe : *!ʔau (*!kx-)

West Khoe : *!ʔau

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔṍã́

Meaning : to carry

West Khoe : *!ʔṍã́

East Khoe : *ṍã́

References : Vossen 497.

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔṍã̀

Meaning : hare

Khoekhoe : *!ʔõã

West Khoe : *!ʔṍã̀

References : Vossen 447.

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔom

Meaning : lower belly

Khoekhoe : *!ʔom (*!kx-)

West Khoe : *!ʔom

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔom

Meaning : to strike, hit

Khoekhoe : *!ʔom (*!kx-)

West Khoe : *!ʔom

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔú

Meaning : white

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *!ʔu-ri

West Khoe : *!ʔú

East Khoe : *!ʔú

Notes : Irregular *!ʔ- in Proto-East CK (indicative of later re-borrowings). Baucom: ǂ'Oxoku !uri.

References : Baucom 28; Vossen 506.

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔubu

Meaning : egg

Khoekhoe : *!ʔubu

Notes : A Khoekhoe isogloss.

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔúè

Meaning : leopard

West Khoe : *!ʔúè

East Khoe : *úè

Notes : Baucom: Shua ʔue, uye, Molepolole !koe.

References : Baucom 23; Vossen 463-464.

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔúì

Meaning : evening

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *!ʔui

West Khoe : *!ʔúì

East Khoe : *úì

References : Vossen 413.

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔui

Meaning : to guard

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *!ʔũĩ (*!kx-)

West Khoe : *!ʔũĩ

East Khoe : *ui

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔUm

Meaning : hand; wrist

Khoekhoe : *!ʔom

West Khoe : *!ʔum

Proto-Khoe : *hǎ

Meaning : to come

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *ha

West Khoe : *hǎ

East Khoe : *hǎ

Notes : Baucom: ǂ'Oxoku haa.

References : Baucom 21; Vossen 458.