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Proto-!Wi : *ɳ!obo
Meaning : to rub something between hands
|Xam : !nwóbbŏ "to stir the inside of an egg by rolling a stick in one's hands" (Ll.)
N|huki : ɳ!oBo
|Auni : !nobo "to twirl, rub fire"
References : Bleek 480, 489; NFn.
Proto-!Wi : *ɳ!o̰a
Meaning : full (of mouth)
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
N|huki : ɳ!o̰a
References : NFn.
Proto-!Wi : *ɳ!ora
Meaning : a k. of blade
|Xam : !gwárra, pl. !gwáttǝn (B.), !gu̥ắra, !gwara, pl. !gwáttǝn, !gwáttakǝn (Ll.) "arrowhead"
//Ng : !nora, !noera "arrowhead"
Seroa : nguala-se "assegai"
|Nusan : !gora "assegai"
References : Bleek 386, 391, 481; Maingard 242.
Proto-!Wi : *ɳ!o(ŋ)
Meaning : black wildebeest
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : !nŭŋ (Ll.)
//Kxau : !nū, !nō
//Ku//e : -dɔ̃
Seroa : gnu
References : Bleek 26, 47, 479, 483.
Proto-!Wi : *ɳ!ua
Meaning : penis
!Gã!ne : !nua-s
Notes : Cf. Žu. !nu "glans of penis" - the SK form is too weak to make a regular comparison, though.
References : Maingard 242.
Proto-!Wi : *ɳ!ũi-
Meaning : Achilles tendon
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
N|huki : ɳ!ũĩ-ke
References : NFn.
Proto-!Wi : *ɳ|a
Stems : *ɳ|a-n
Meaning : head
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : |nā, emph. & pl. |naṅ, |nāṅ, |náṅṅań (B.); tʔ1naa (Lich.); |na, |nā, |nã̄, pl. |nã̄, |nẵṅ (Ll.)
//Ng : |na, |nā, pl. |nainjan
N|huki : ɳ|aʔa
#Khomani : |ŋa (Mg.)
//Kxau : |nā
//Ku//e : |nā
Seroa : |na (Wu.)
//Xegwi (Batwa) : |nā
|Auni : |nā
Khatia : |na, |ni
|Nusan : |nã
References : Bleek 342, 347; Maingard 243; Meinhof 1929: 186; NFn.
Proto-!Wi : *ɳ|a
Meaning : not
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
//Ng : |na
!Gã!ne : |na
References : Bleek 342.
Proto-!Wi : *ɳ|abu
Meaning : leaf
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Auni : |nabu
References : Bleek 342.
Proto-!Wi : *ɳ|e
Meaning : to sing
//Ng : |nē
References : Bleek 346.
Proto-!Wi : *ɳ|ɛ
Meaning : to see; to look
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : |nā, |nã̄ (B., Ll.); |nē_, |nī̃, |nī, |ni (B.); |nī̃, |nĩ, |nī, |nĭ (Ll.)
//Ng : |nā, |ne, |ni
N|huki : ɳ|aʔa
#Khomani : |ŋ̥ĩ (Dk.); |na, |ŋe, |ŋẽĩ, |ŋei, |ŋ̥ai, |ŋ̥e, |ŋ̥ĩ (Mg.)
//Kxau : |nā; |nī "to observe"
//Ku//e : |ne
Seroa : |na (Wu.)
!Gã!ne : |na
//Xegwi (Batwa) : |nā, |ne
|Auni : -|nā
|Haasi : |nã|nã, |ni "to find"
|Nusan : |nã
References : Bleek 341, 345, 347, 354; Maingard 245; Meinhof 1929: 187; NFn.
Proto-!Wi : *ɳ|ha
Meaning : to marry
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : |haṅ, |haṅ-a (B.), |haṅ (Ll.); |há (B.), |hă, |haṅ (Ll.) "husband"
#Khomani : |ŋau, |ŋãũ, |ŋou, |ŋoũ (Mg.)
//Xegwi (Batwa) : |han; |ha "husband"
|Auni : |hãa; |ha, |hã "consort"
|Haasi : |ha "husband"
Khatia : n |hã "man (my husband?)"
References : Bleek 286, 344; Maingard 247.
Proto-!Wi : *ɳ|ha- (?)
Meaning : man
|Haasi : n|hā̃
References : Story 21.
Proto-!Wi : *ɳ|ɔ
Stems : *ɳ|ɔ-ã
Meaning : knee
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : |nõãŋ, |nũãŋ (B.); |nṍän, |nṹäṅ (Ll.)
//Ng : |nȭ, |nɔ̄, pl. |nōŋ
N|huki : ɳ|uu-si, ɳ|ũũ-si, ɳ|uʔu-si
Seroa : gno-mateŋ
//Xegwi (Batwa) : |nūma; |ŋoma (LH)
References : Bleek 47, 348, 349, 352; LHa 105; NFn.
Proto-!Wi : *ɳ|u
Stems : *ɳ|u-tu
Meaning : nose
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : |nutu, |nũtu, |neutu, |noetu (B. early); |nur̃u, pl. |nũ|nũtu "nostrils" (B.); tʔ1nuhutu (Lich.); |nũnu, pl. |nũ|nū́ŋtu (Ll.)
//Ng : |nutu-jǝn, |nutu-ke "nostrils"
N|huki : ɳ|uću
#Khomani : |ŋutu (Mg.)
//Kxau : |nu+tu+
//Ku//e : |nutu
!Gã!ne : |nu|nuwyntiŋ
//Xegwi (Batwa) : |nu; |ŋu (LH)
|Auni : |nu, |nõ
|Haasi : |nu
Khatia : |nu, |nuti, |noi
|Nusan : |nudu
References : Bleek 347, 348, 349, 351, 352, 353, 486; LHa 113; Meinhof 1929: 187; NFn.
Proto-!Wi : *ɳ|u
Meaning : dead, departed, spirit
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : |nù, |nū́ (Ll.)
References : Bleek 350.
Proto-!Wi : *ɳ|um
Meaning : beard
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
N|huki : ɳ|um
References : NFn.
Proto-!Wi : *ɳ|V
Meaning : to let, give; particle of habitual action or imperative (?)
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : |na, |nʔa, |ne (B.); |nắ, |ne (Ll.)
//Ng : |na "to give"; |ne part.
|Auni : |na, |no "to give"; |ne part.
|Haasi : |ni "to give"
References : Bleek 341, 345, 347, 348.
Proto-!Wi : *ɳ||a-
Stems : *ɳ||a-ĩ; *ɳ||a-ŋ
Meaning : house, nest
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : ||nõingtu (B. early); ||naiṅ, pl. ||nai||naiṅ (B.); ||neiṅ, emph. ||neinya, ||neinyan, pl. ||nei||nei (B.); ||nĕiṅ, emph. ||neiṅyaṅ, pl. ||nèi||néi (Ll.)
//Ng : ||nai, ||nei, ||ŋ, pl. ||neiŋjaŋ
#Khomani : -||ŋ (Dk., Mg.), -||ŋ-xu (Dk.)
//Ku//e : ||kũ-te, pl. ||kũ-||e "Bushman"; -gɛŋ "hut" (?)
//Xegwi (Batwa) : ||nai, ||nei, pl. ||nẽŋela; ||ŋī (LH)
|Auni : ||neiŋ, ||ŋ
|Haasi : ||nã̄ (St.)
|Nusan : ||nĩŋdu
Notes : Concerning the name of the ||Ku||e tribe, cf. also ||ŋ-!ke "home people" for ||Ng.
References : Bleek 46, 593, 611, 613, 614, 618, 619, 620, 624; LHb 48.
Proto-!Wi : *ɳ||a
Meaning : to stay, be with, dwell, stand
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : ||na, ||n̥a (B.), ||nă, ||nḁ̆ (Ll.) "to be, stay"
//Ng : ||na
N|huki : ɳ!ã-||ʔǝ, ɳ!aaʔa, ɳ!aana "stand"
#Khomani : ||ŋa (Dk.. Mg.)
//Kxau : ṅa
|Auni : ||na "copula before numerals"
|Haasi : !nwa "stand" (?)
References : Bleek 611-612; Maingard 247; Meinhof 1929: 187; NFn.
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