North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √cara

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to move something (to see what is behind it)

Juǀʼhoan : cȁrȁʰ

References : Dickens 274.

RefLex number: 1585

Proto-Ju: √cara

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to visit (the same place often)

Juǀʼhoan : cȁrȁʰ

References : Dickens 274.

RefLex number: 1586

Proto-Ju: √cara

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to stop; to open, divide (?)

Juǀʼhoan : ǂʼã̀=sàrà "to divide, categorise" // ǂʼã̀=sàrà-sí (n5 -si) "separation"

ǀǀAuǀǀen : cara

!Kung (Lloyd) : cara "to divide, as the fibres of a feather"

References : Bleek 212; Dickens 1994: 305.

RefLex number: 2133

Proto-Ju: √caro

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: herd of eland

Juǀʼhoan : cȁrò (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 274.

RefLex number: 1588

Proto-Ju: √caro

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to follow (a fresh track); (?) to flow, ooze

Juǀʼhoan : càcàrò

References : Dickens 274.

RefLex number: 1590

Proto-Ju: √caru

Meaning: secretary bird

!Kung (Lloyd) : caru

References : Bleek 212.

RefLex number: 3014

Proto-Ju: √carube

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: (ministry, department of) nature-conservation

Juǀʼhoan : cárúbé (n1)

References : Dickens 274.

RefLex number: 1589

Proto-Ju: √cauru

Meaning: a ground creeper with edible fruit

!Kung (Lloyd) : caùru

References : Bleek 213.

RefLex number: 3017

Proto-Ju: √ce

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: then

Juǀʼhoan : cé

References : Dickens 275.

RefLex number: 1594

Proto-Ju: √cenda

Meaning: yolk (of egg)

!O!Kung (Bleek) : cenda

References : Bleek 215.

RefLex number: 3018

Proto-Ju: √cʼam

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to look back over one's shoulder

Juǀʼhoan : cʼàm... sé

References : Dickens 278.

RefLex number: 1648

Proto-Ju: √cʼari

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to add, increase

Juǀʼhoan : cʼȁrì

References : Dickens 278.

RefLex number: 1652

Proto-Ju: √cʼaru

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: kidney

Juǀʼhoan : cʼàrù (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 278.

RefLex number: 1653

Proto-Ju: √cʼau

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to be irritated (of one's throat)

Juǀʼhoan : cʼàù-cʼàù

References : Dickens 278.

RefLex number: 1656

Proto-Ju: √cʼãũ

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to wrinkle up one's nose

Juǀʼhoan : cʼã̀ũ̀-cʼã̀ũ̀

References : Dickens 278.

RefLex number: 1655

Proto-Ju: √cʼĩ

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to walk along

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : cʼĩ́

References : Dickens 279.

RefLex number: 1660

Proto-Ju: √cʼoa

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to flicker

Juǀʼhoan : cʼòà-cʼòà "flicker (e. g. of a light going on and off); move one's eyebrows up and down (to show discreetly that someone is sitting immodestly), pull up one's nose"

References : Dickens 279.

RefLex number: 1662

Proto-Ju: √cʼuri

Meaning: protea

!O!Kung (Bleek) : cʼuli

References : Bleek 221.

RefLex number: 3026

Proto-Ju: √cʰama

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: (to be) unhappy, unlucky

Juǀʼhoan : cʰȁmà // (n5 -si) "unhappiness"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): cʰama "accident"

References : Dickens 275; Snyman 40.

RefLex number: 1595

Proto-Ju: √cʰe

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: week

Juǀʼhoan : cʰȅ

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): cʰe

ǀǀAuǀǀen : če ~ ce "day"

Notes : Probably a Nama borrowing.

References : Bleek 227; Dickens 275; Snyman 40.

RefLex number: 1597