Central Khoisan etymology : Query result

Notes : The rare correspondence "Khoekhoe *g- : Non-Khoekhoe *x-" (cf. the same case with *Kora 'crow') may stem from an original uvular consonant (e. g. fricative *χ-?).

Proto-Khoe : *Kora

Meaning : crow

Khoekhoe : *gora

West Khoe : *xora

Proto-Khoe : *-ku

Meaning : reciprocal suffix

Khoekhoe : *-Ku

West Khoe : *-kù

East Khoe : *-ku

Proto-Khoe : *kũ (*!-)

Meaning : small

West Khoe : *kũ (*!-)

Notes : A West Khoe isogloss.

Proto-Khoe : *kúḿ

Meaning : to hear, listen

Khoekhoe : *kum

West Khoe : *kÚḿ

East Khoe : *ḱÚḿ

References : Baucom 22; Vossen 452.

Proto-Khoe : *kúrí

Meaning : year

Khoekhoe : *kuri

West Khoe : *kúrí

East Khoe : *ḱúrí

Notes : Baucom: ||Gabake tShuri, Shua kuri, Buka kuli, ǂ'Oxoku guri.

References : Baucom 29; Vossen 454.

Proto-Khoe : *kúrú

Meaning : to make, do

Khoekhoe : *kuru

West Khoe : *kúrú

Notes : Dubious root. Hietšware kuru (Maingard 1963:100) is obviously a borrowing (*tšuru would be expected); if so, the Nharo word could be a Nama borrowing as well, so the only subgroup where it should be reconstructed with certainty is KKH.

References : Baucom 21.

Proto-Khoe : *kuru

Meaning : warm

West Khoe : *kuru

Proto-Khoe : *[kx]ã

Meaning : younger brother or sister

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *[kx]ã

Notes : Isolated Nama form with possible external correspondences.

Proto-Khoe : *kxàbá

Meaning : calabash, gourd

Khoekhoe : *[kx]aba

West Khoe : *kxàbá

East Khoe : *k(ʔ)aba

Proto-Khoe : *kxabV

Meaning : ostrich eggshell

West Khoe : *|kxabi (??)

East Khoe : *k(x)abi

Proto-Khoe : *kxáí

Meaning : face; surface

Khoekhoe : *kxai

West Khoe : *kxáí

East Khoe : *kʔàí

Notes : Baucom: ||Gabake, Buka, Shua, ǂ'Oxoku kxʔai.

References : Baucom 19; Vossen 442.

Proto-Khoe : *kxã́ĩ̀

Meaning : to laugh

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *kxãĩ

West Khoe : *kxã́ĩ̀

East Khoe : *kʔã́ĩ̀

References : Vossen 461.

Proto-Khoe : *kxáḿ

Meaning : mouth

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *kxam

West Khoe : *kxáḿ

East Khoe : *kʔáḿ

Notes : Baucom: ||Gabake, Shua, Buka, Molepolole, ||Aremn||ais kxʔam, ǂNamniku, !Kaon, Hai!/um ʔam, ǂ'Oxoku kxʔam, ʔam.

References : Baucom 24; Vossen 468.

Proto-Khoe : *kxání

Meaning : vulture

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *kxani

West Khoe : *kxã́ĩ́

East Khoe : *kʔãĩ́

References : Vossen 441-42.