Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 822

Proto-Bushman : *are

Meaning : to like

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *are

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

North Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Ju: *are

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to like, love

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : àrè

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): are

!Kung (Vedder): àrè "to wonder"

Notes : Cf. also gạre "to love, want, wish" (V.), gắrē "to rejoice" (Wil.)

References : Bleek 11, 43; Dickens 188; Snyman 17.

RefLex number: 15

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *are

Meaning : to experience something pleasant or unexpected

Proto-Bushman : *are

Proto-Khoe : *are

Sandawe : *ārV (?)

Notes : The Bushman forms may be borrowed from Khoe (found only in Ju|ʔhoan and one other NK dialect).

Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *are

Meaning : to be stunned, amazed

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *are

West Khoe : *are

Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *are

Meaning : to be disconcerted

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : are "to hesitate, stammer"; are "sich versprechen" (R.)

!Ora : ʔáré "nicht ganz sicherer Mann"

Notes : Cf. also Nama ari "hesitate, arrest one's movement".

References : Haacke 4; Meinhof 79; Rust 7.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *are

Meaning : to be amazed, astonished

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : are

References : Visser 2.

Sandawe etymology :

Proto-Sandawe : *ārV

Meaning : to agree; verily

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Sandawe : 'ara "wirklich" (D.); ʔā́rè "truth" (E.); aare "to agree, yes"; araa "to be honest, truth" (K.); ara "vraiment, reellement" (Kim.)

References : Dempwolff 42; Elderkin 1983: 515; Kagaya 80; Kimmenade 34.

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