South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology : Query result

Proto-!Wi : *!au

Meaning : to cut

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

//Ng : !kaū

References : Bleek 411.

Proto-!Wi : *!au

Meaning : stone; mountain, hill

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !kaugǝn, !kaukǝn "mountain" (B. early); !kau, !káogǝn, !káoka, !kāokǝn "stone, mountain; path", !káo, !káogǝn, !kaŭ "stone" (Ll.)

//Ng : !kau "stone, mountain"

N|huki : !ao, ǂao "rock, stone, mountain"

#Khomani : !kau "under grindstone" (Dk.)

//Kxau : !ao "stone"; !au-kun "mountain"

//Ku//e : dʔɔ "rock" (?)

//Xegwi (Batwa) : tsʔeo (LH) (?)

|Haasi : !oe "stone"

|Nusan : !gou "mountain, hill"

References : Bleek 26, 387, 389, 408, 412, 413; Meinhof 1929: 184, 187; LHa 109; NFn; Story 22.

Proto-!Wi : *!au

Meaning : to give

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !kaū "give, pay" (B.); !kṓū "to give, work with, struggle with" (Ll.)

Seroa : koa "to give" (?)

//Xegwi (Batwa) : ||ke

|Auni : ||ka

References : Bleek 96, 411, 444; Bleek 1929: 42.

Proto-!Wi : *!au (?)

Meaning : root

|Xam : !kaui

References : Bleek 1929: 71.

Proto-!Wi : *!au (?)

Meaning : to kill

|Haasi : !au

References : Story 22.

Proto-!Wi : *!au-tu

Meaning : belly

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !káŭtu, emph. !káuttúkǝn (B.)

Khatia : !kao "thigh" (cf. "pelvis" meaning in Proto-Taa) (?)

References : Bleek 409, 416.

Proto-!Wi : *heri

Meaning : to push

|Xam : hǝrrī (B.), hhe_̆́rri (Ll.)

References : Bleek 60.

Proto-!Wi : *!eri

Meaning : old, big, grown-up

|Xam : !kérri, !ké_rri, !ké_rri, !ké_rritǝn (B.), !kĕ́rri, !kĕ́rritǝn, !kĕtt!kĕ́tten (Ll.)

References : Bleek 422.

Proto-!Wi : *hɛm

Meaning : to eat, devour

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : hḁḿm (B.), he_m̄́m̄ (Ll.)

References : Bleek 59-60.

Proto-!Wi : *hɛru

Meaning : to throw

|Xam : hḁ̆́ruhḁ̆ru (B.), herru, he_̀rru (Ll.)

References : Bleek 60.

Proto-!Wi : *hɛru

Meaning : far

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

//Ng : =heru, he=ru

N|huki : hǝru

#Khomani : haru (Mg.)

|Auni : =haru

References : Bleek 58, 60; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *!ha

Meaning : to sneeze

|Xam : !u̥hḁ́ "to sneeze, blowing from the nose a magic article extracted from a patient's body" (Ll.)

References : Bleek 494.

Proto-!Wi : *!ha

Stems : *!ha-mi

Meaning : to fear

|Xam : !hámme_, !hámmi (B.); !hḁḿmi, !hu̥ḿmī (Ll.)

References : Bleek 395, 400.

Proto-!Wi : *!ha

Meaning : star

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Auni : !ha

References : Bleek 394.

Proto-!Wi : *!ha

Meaning : caracal cat

N|huki : ŋ̊!haa, ŋ̊!hãã

References : NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *!hai

Meaning : to be above, over; on the back

|Xam : !khái (B.); !khăī, !khằi (Ll.)

References : Bleek 423.

Proto-!Wi : *!ham

Meaning : (to do) first; already

|Xam : !haḿm, !hạḿm (B.), !hḁmm, !hạḿm, !hụḿm (Ll.)

References : Bleek 395, 400.

Proto-!Wi : *!hana

Meaning : ashes

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Auni : !hana

References : Bleek 395.

Proto-!Wi : *!hau

Meaning : to follow; afterwards, later

|Xam : !háu, !hāo, !hou (B.); !hāu, !hắugǝn, !hoù (Ll.)

//Ng : hausise "afterwards" (?)

References : Bleek 58, 395, 398.

Proto-!Wi : *!hãũ

Meaning : thong, belt

|Xam : !hāū^ŋ (B.), !hãu, !hāū^ŋ (Ll.)

Notes : Cf. Nama !hãũ id.; possibly just a borrowing.

References : Bleek 396.