North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √duʔuri

Tonal pattern: LHH [j]

Meaning: to slough (of a snake its skin), peel (of skin), have pale spots on the skin

Juǀʼhoan : dùʔúrí

References : Dickens 199.

RefLex number: 189

Proto-Ju: √dubi

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: get fat

Juǀʼhoan : dùbì

References : Dickens 198.

RefLex number: 174

Proto-Ju: √dubi ~ tubi

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to overturn, capsize

Juǀʼhoan : dùú-dùbí ~ tùí-tùbí

References : Dickens 198, 277.

RefLex number: 184

Proto-Ju: √dubiʰ

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: rash, itchy bump, red mark on the skin; come out in a rash

Juǀʼhoan : dȕbȉʰ (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 198.

RefLex number: 175

Proto-Ju: √dubu

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: black-cheeked waxbill, Estrilda erythronotus

Juǀʼhoan : dùbù-dúbú (n2)

References : Dickens 198.

RefLex number: 176

Proto-Ju: √dũda

Tonal pattern: MH [e]

Meaning: umbrella

Ekoka : dũ̄ṹdà (3)

References : KH 24.

RefLex number: 2975

Proto-Ju: √dũgo

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: hand-piano

Juǀʼhoan : dũ̀ngò (n3 -si)

References : Dickens 198.

RefLex number: 177

Proto-Ju: √dui

Meaning: a certain fruit-bearing plant

!Kung (Lloyd) : düì

References : Bleek 30.

RefLex number: 2957

Proto-Ju: √dum

Meaning: medium sized

!O!Kung (Bleek) : dúm

References : Bleek 29.

RefLex number: 2955

Proto-Ju: √dum

Meaning: quiet

!Kung (Wilhelm): dŭm

References : Bleek 29.

RefLex number: 2956

Proto-Ju: √duni

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to crawl into (a hole etc.)

Juǀʼhoan : dȕnì

References : Dickens 198.

RefLex number: 178

Proto-Ju: √duni

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to scoop out (e. g. dung from a slaughtered animal, the flesh of a fruit)

Juǀʼhoan : dũ̀ṹ-dúní

References : Dickens 199.

RefLex number: 185

Proto-Ju: √dũnu

Tonal pattern: HH [e]

Meaning: k. of perfume

Ekoka : dṹnú (4) "perfume made from plants"

References : KH 24.

RefLex number: 2974

Proto-Ju: √duri

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: soft wood (just under the bark of certain trees)

Juǀʼhoan : dùrí (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 198.

RefLex number: 179

Proto-Ju: √duri

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to peel

Juǀʼhoan : dúrí

References : Dickens 198.

RefLex number: 180

Proto-Ju: √dU[-ri]

Meaning: to burn, roast

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

ǀǀAuǀǀen : duː "to burn" // dori "to burn, roast"

References : Bleek 28; Bleek 1929: 25.

RefLex number: 2947

Proto-Ju: √duru

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to walk with a heavy tread

Juǀʼhoan : dùrù-dùrù

References : Dickens 198.

RefLex number: 181

Proto-Ju: √duwa

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to help

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : dùwá

Notes : Cf. ǀǀAuǀǀen dūwa "to do wrong"?

References : Bleek 30; Dickens 199.

RefLex number: 187

Proto-Ju: √dxam

Tonal pattern: LH [k] ~ XX [e]

Meaning: pointed

Kavango : dxàm̋ "be pointed"

Ekoka : dxȁm "be pointed" // dxāḿ "pointed"

Notes : Cf., perhaps, Juǀhoan ǂxàm 'sharp'?

References : Heikkinen 1986; KH 129.

RefLex number: 2983

Proto-Ju: √dxo

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to skewer (esp. meat on a stick)

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : dxò

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): dxo "to make a sosatie"

References : Dickens 199; Snyman 39.

RefLex number: 191