North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √dxubu

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: bald (of birds), featherless

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : dxùbú

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): dxubu

References : Dickens 199; Snyman 39.

RefLex number: 193

Proto-Ju: √faua

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to fold

Juǀʼhoan : fàùà

References : Dickens 199. Borrowed from Afrikaans.

RefLex number: 199

Proto-Ju: √ga

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to wobble (e.g. of a chameleon or a toddler)

Juǀʼhoan : gàgà

References : Dickens 200.

RefLex number: 203

Proto-Ju: √gaʔaro

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to drink too little to quench one's thirst

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : gàʔáró

Notes : Cf. also !Kung gao "thirst" (W.); Kav. gàʔó "sun, thirst"; Ekoka gàò "thirst", although the derivational model is unclear. In Ekoka cf. also gāō 'day' (and 'sun' in compounds like gāō-ɡǀí-cí 'east + sunrise place'); Heine and Koenig imply that the word is tonally different from 'thirst' but this is unlikely considering that Heikkinen (in Kavango) gives the same pattern for both meanings and, more importantly, that this is a frequent polysemy for Khoisan in general. If PNK *ǀam 'sun, thirst' is, after all, an old borrowing from CK, then this *gaʔo may be the original NK word for 'sun'.

References : Dickens 200; Heikkinen 1986; KH 129; Weich 15.

RefLex number: 212

Proto-Ju: √gaba

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to walk with feet turned toward each other

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : gábá

References : Dickens 200.

RefLex number: 202

Proto-Ju: √gagara

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: uvula

Juǀʼhoan : gágárá (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 200.

RefLex number: 204

Proto-Ju: √gãʰ

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: Egyptian goose, Plectropterus gambensis; (bigger) duck, Anas

Juǀʼhoan : gã̏ã̀ʰ (n2 -si)

References : Dickens 200.

RefLex number: 200

Proto-Ju: √gam

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to be dented

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : gám // gám (n5 -si) "dent (n.)"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): gem

References : Dickens 200; Snyman 42.

RefLex number: 205

Proto-Ju: √gari

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: boomslang

Juǀʼhoan : gàrí-sà (n5)

References : Dickens 200.

RefLex number: 211

Proto-Ju: √gʰãĩ

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: cup

Juǀʼhoan : gʰã́ĩ́-dà (n2)

References : Dickens 200.

RefLex number: 216

Proto-Ju: √gʰaro

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: bed

Juǀʼhoan : gʰàró (n3)

References : Dickens 200.

RefLex number: 217

Proto-Ju: √gʰaro

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: food plant, Kedrostis foetidissima

Juǀʼhoan : gʰàrò (n3 -si)

References : Dickens 200.

RefLex number: 218

Proto-Ju: √gʰoa

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to divide, share out

Juǀʼhoan : gʰȍȁ ...sàrà

References : Dickens 200.

RefLex number: 219

Proto-Ju: √gʰom

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: illegitimate son, bastard

Juǀʼhoan : gʰóm (n2 -si)

References : Dickens 200.

RefLex number: 220

Proto-Ju: √ǂa

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to knock out a dent, panelbeat

Juǀʼhoan : ǂà

References : Dickens 298.

RefLex number: 1959

Proto-Ju: √ǂa

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to brew (beer)

Juǀʼhoan : ǂà

References : Dickens 1994: 298.

RefLex number: 1960

Proto-Ju: √ǂaʔaba

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to be flat

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ǂȁʔàbà-ǂȁʔàbà

References : Dickens 300.

RefLex number: 2005

Proto-Ju: √ǂaʔari

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: food plant, Cephalocroton pueschelii

Juǀʼhoan : ǂàʔárí-kú-zã̀ĩ̀ (n3 -si)

References : Dickens 1994: 300.

RefLex number: 2006

Proto-Ju: √ǂaʔi

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: eating stick (used by menstruating women)

Juǀʼhoan : ǂàʔí-ǂàʔí (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 300.

RefLex number: 2007

Proto-Ju: √ǂaba

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to rest in the shade

Juǀʼhoan : ǂábá... !ʰárí // ǂábáǂábá... !hárí "to lie together (of cattle etc.) in the shade"

References : Dickens 298.

RefLex number: 1962