South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology : Query result

Proto-!Wi : *ǂũ

Meaning : steenbok

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !ko̥ë́n (B.), !kŭ́iṅ, !kŏ̥iṅ (Ll.)

//Ng : !koiŋ

N|huki : ǂun, ǂuń

#Khomani : ǂʔun (Dk.)

|Auni : ǂkõ

References : Bleek 439, 440, 663, 676; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *ǂúa

Stems : *!úa-ĩ; *!úa-i

Meaning : egg

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !káuï, !aúï (B.); !káu̇ĩ, !kàuwi, !kʔā́ūwi (Ll.)

//Ng : !hãũ "eggs"

N|huki : ǂui

#Khomani : ǂgwi "ostrich egg" (Dk.)

//Xegwi (Batwa) : ƛʔwĩ (LH)

|Auni : -!ũĩ, -!ũĩsa "ostrich egg"

Notes : The above stems are suggestive - assuming that in the |Xam subgroup *ɡǂúa-i > *ɡǂau-i.

References : Bleek 372, 396, 414, 416, 493, 649; LHa 104; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *ǂum-

Meaning : greeting

|Haasi : ǂyma

References : Bleek 678.

Proto-!Wi : *ǂVun- (?)

Meaning : buttocks

N|huki : ǂǝun-ke

References : NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *ǂwi

Meaning : a k. of cat

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

#Khomani : ǂkui ka ǂŋui "k. of butterfly, lit.: rooikat's ears" (Mg.)

References : Bleek 243.

Proto-!Wi : *ǂxabu

Meaning : to sleep a little

|Xam : ǂx`ábbu (Ll.)

References : Bleek 678.

Proto-!Wi : *ǂxai

Meaning : boy

|Auni : ǂxai

References : Bleek 678.

Proto-!Wi : *ǂxãĩ

Meaning : to lean

|Xam : ǂxăĩ (Ll.)

References : Bleek 678.

Proto-!Wi : *ǂxama

Meaning : to fetch, seek

|Xam : ǂx`ámma, ǂkamma (B.), ǂx`amma, ǂkăḿmă (Ll.)

|Auni : ǂkama

References : Bleek 656, 678.

Proto-!Wi : *ǂxen

Meaning : to refuse to go

|Xam : ǂx`én (Ll.)

References : Bleek 679.

Proto-!Wi : *ǂxeri

Meaning : to save one's life

|Xam : ǂx`érri (Ll.)

References : Bleek 679.

Proto-!Wi : *ǂxi

Meaning : to shine

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ǂx`ī́ (B.), ǂx`ī (Ll.); ǂxī́ǂxīyakǝn (B.), ǂx`í-ǂx`ǐ (Ll.) "light"

Notes : Cf. also |Xam ǂxei (B.) "spark".

References : Bleek 680.

Proto-!Wi : *ǂxĩ

Meaning : in vain

|Xam : ǂxaĭṅ (B.), ǂx`ĭ́ṅ, ǂx`ĭ^ŋṅ (Ll.)

References : Bleek 678, 680.

Proto-!Wi : *ǂxo-

Meaning : to relate, chat, say

|Xam : ǂx`óā (B.); ǂx`óä, ǂkŏ́ä̆ (Ll.)

N|huki : ǂxoa

#Khomani : ǂkxʔwa "to speak" (Mg.)

References : Bleek 663, 667, 680; \X<1.144>NFn\x.

Proto-!Wi : *ǂxo

Meaning : tsamma melon

//Ng : ǂkau, =!kausi

#Khomani : =ǂkou (Dk.)

|Auni : ǂkoe, ǂxoe, ||koe

|Haasi : ǂhwi

References : Bleek 416, 584, 652, 657, 663, 664, 680.

Proto-!Wi : *ǂxo

Meaning : needle

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Auni : ǂxo, !xo

Khatia : ǂxo

References : Bleek 500, 680.

Proto-!Wi : *ǂxo

Meaning : tall, long, big

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !x`ō "to make upright, make tall, grow up" (Ll.); !x`ōwa, pl. !x`o!x`óka (B.), !x`ṓwă (Ll.) "tall, long, high"

//Ng : !xōwa "tall, big"

#Khomani : ǂkho, ǂkho a (+ !kho)

References : Bleek 500, 501; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *ǂxo-

Stems : *ǂxo-ĩ; *ǂxo-ã (?)

Meaning : ugly

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !xwī̃ (B.), !x`wĭ^ŋ, !x`wenya, !xo̥hĕ́^ŋ, !xŏhí^ŋ (Ll.)

//Ng : !xē

N|huki : ǂhõẽ

//Xegwi (Batwa) : ||xoã

Notes : The exact number of different stems is unclear (is ||Ng !xē < *!xo-e or *!xo-ĩ?). The transcription -h- for N|huki is possibly erroneous (by all means, a velar fricative release should be expected).

References : Bleek 498, 501, 504, 636; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *ǂxoa

Meaning : to feel

|Xam : ǂx`óä, ǂx`ó^ŋä (Ll.)

References : Bleek 680.

Proto-!Wi : *ǂxoe

Meaning : to put on the shoulder

|Xam : ǂx`u̥eŕre (Ll.)

References : Bleek 681.