Hadza etymology :

Proto-Hadza : *ɳ||aƛ̣a

Meaning : to be cold

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Hadza : ŋ||atl'á-ne-ya (E.); ŋ||atl'ani- (S.)

References : Elderkin.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *||aƛ̣a (?)

Meaning : cold

Proto-Bushman : *||₁aʔu

Hadza : *ɳ||aƛ̣a (?)

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 48

Proto-Bushman : *ǀǀ₁aʔu

Meaning : cold

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *ǂaʔu

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ǀǀâʔu

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *ǀǀoV (?)

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

ǂHoan : *ǂa̰ (?)

Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan

Notes : The ǂHoan entry is comparable as far as the click efflux/influx is concerned, but vocalic correspondences are certainly irregular, unless the final *-ʔu happens to be a suffixal element (which still does not explain pharyngealization).

North Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Ju: *ǂaʔu

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: cold

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ǂàʔú // (n5 -si) "cold (n.)"; ǂàʔú-číá (n5 -si) "fridge"; ǂàʔú-ǂȁèhà (n3 -si) "fridge"; ǂàʔú-ǂàʔú "cool something down (e.g. a wound, by blowing on it)"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ǂeʔu

ǀǀAuǀǀen : ǀau

!Kung (Lloyd) : ǂáo ~ ǂăö́ ~ ǂă-áoː

References : Bleek 303, 654, 656-7; Dickens 300; Snyman 26.

RefLex number: 2008

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *||âʔu

Meaning : cold

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ||âʔũ 3 II; ||kwe, ||kwɛ (Mg.)

Masarwa : ||kxwe; |k"au (?)

|Nu//en : ||kʔãũ, ||kʌm

!Xoong derivates : kâ ||âʔũ "be cold"

References : Bleek 339, 500, 561, 594, 606; Maingard 1958: 101; Traill 105.

South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

Proto-!Wi : *||oV

Meaning : cold

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ||xwē

//Ku//e : ||k"õa

//Xegwi (Batwa) : !xoa

|Auni : ||xau

References : Bleek 339, 500, 561, 594, 606; Bleek 1929: 29.

East #Hoan etymology :

Proto-#Hoan : *ǂa̰

Meaning : cold

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

#Hoan : ǂkHa (CF)

References : Cornell Files.

Total pages generated Pages generated by this script 1037330 1667851	Help
StarLing database server Powered by CGI scripts Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin Copyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov