East Central Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-East Khoe : *ḱÚḿ

Meaning : to hear, listen

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Deti : kóḿ

Cara : kóḿ

Tsixa : kúḿ

Danisi : kúḿ

Kua : kúḿ

Tsua : cóḿ

Hietshware : tšom

References : Dornan 91; Vossen 452.

Proto-East Khoe : *ḱúrí

Meaning : year

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Xaise : kúdí

Deti : kúdí

Cara : kúdí

Tsixa : kúdí

Danisi : kúdí

Kua : kúdí

Tsua : cúdí

Hietshware : tšuri

References : Dornan 91; Vossen 454.

Proto-East Khoe : *kúrù

Meaning : knee

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Xaise : (kú)kúdù

Cara : (kú)kúdù

Hietshware : kukuru

References : Dornan 105; Vossen 457.

Proto-East Khoe : *kũ̂

Meaning : to go, walk

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Xaise : kũ̂

Deti : kũ̂

Cara : kũ̂

Tsixa : kũ̂

Danisi : kũ̂

Kua : kũ̂

Tsua : kũ̂

Hietshware : kho

Sehura : $kung kḗta "to go away"

References : Bleek 689; Dornan 103; Vossen 441.

Proto-East Khoe : *kV

Meaning : present tense prefix

|Xaise : ke

Deti : ce (?)

Cara : ke

Tsixa : ko, kue

Danisi : ke

Kua : kùà

Tsua : kùà, kò

References : Vossen 226, 231.

Proto-East Khoe : *k(x)abi

Meaning : ostrich eggshell

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Mohissa : kabi

References : Bleek 76.

Proto-East Khoe : *-kxàò

Meaning : inclinative suffix

Danisi : -kxʔàò

References : Vossen 222.

Proto-East Khoe : *má

Meaning : who?

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Deti : má

Cara : má

Tsixa : má(é)

Danisi : má(é)

Kua : má

References : Vossen 265-267.

Proto-East Khoe : *-ma

Meaning : dative suffix

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Xaise : -má

Deti : -mà

Cara : -má

Tsixa : -mȧ

Danisi : -má

Kua : -mà

Tsua : -mà

References : Vossen 221, 230.

Proto-East Khoe : *mâ

Meaning : head

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Xaise : mâ

Deti : má

Cara : má

Danisi : mà

Cua : mâ

Kua : mâ

Hietshware : hma

References : Dornan 97; Vossen 458-59.

Proto-East Khoe : *me

Meaning : that

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Tsixa : mé

References : Vossen 255.

Proto-East Khoe : *mí

Meaning : to say

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Cara : mí

Hietshware : me

References : Dornan 106; Vossen 480-81.

Proto-East Khoe : *ḿm̀

Meaning : to smell

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Xaise : m̂

Cara : m̀ḿ

Tsixa : m̂

Kua : ḿm̀

Tsua : m̂

Hietshware : hmee "to smell", hm tswi "to smell anything"

References : Dornan 97; Vossen 477-78.

Proto-East Khoe : *mũ̂

Meaning : to see

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Xaise : mũ̂

Deti : mũ̂

Cara : mũ̂

Tsixa : mũ̂

Danisi : mũ̂

Kua : mũ̂

Tsua : mũ̂

Hietshware : moe "to be visible", moo "to see"

References : Dornan 106; Vossen 490.

Proto-East Khoe : *-nà

Meaning : n. pl. marker for nouns

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Xaise : -nà

Cara : -nà

Tsixa : -nà

Danisi : -nà

Kua : -rà (?)

Notes : The Kua form is obviously secondary (the Tshwa subgroup simply lost the morpheme altogether).

References : Vossen 172-73.

Proto-East Khoe : *ńa

Meaning : to place

Cara : ǹa

References : Vossen 222.

Proto-East Khoe : *(n)dV

Meaning : interr. base

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Deti : dú "what?"

Cara : ndú "what?"

Danisi : ndú "what?"

References : Vossen 265-267.

Proto-East Khoe : *ńṹ

Meaning : to sit, sit down

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Xaise : ńṹ

Deti : ńũ̌

Cara : ńú

Tsixa : ńú

Danisi : ńú

Kua : ńṹ

Tsua : ńũ̀

Hietshware : nyo

References : Dornan 107; Vossen 491.

Proto-East Khoe : *ńÚm̀

Meaning : to form, make

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Deti : ńúm̀

Cara : ńóm̀

Tsixa : ńúm̀

Danisi : ńúm̀

Tsua : ńím̀

Hietshware : njim

References : Dornan 107; Vossen 438.

Proto-East Khoe : *ńUm

Meaning : coal

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Tsixa : ńóḿ

Danisi : ńúm̀

References : Vossen 451-2.