North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √masapo

Tonal pattern: LX [j]

Meaning: Harvey's albizia, Albizia harveyi

Juǀʼhoan : màsȁpȍ (n3 -si)

References : Dickens 234.

RefLex number: 889

Proto-Ju: √maseka

Meaning: beads, band worn below knee

!O!Kung (Bleek) : maseka

References : Bleek 135.

RefLex number: 2861

Proto-Ju: √maša

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: club, walking stick

Juǀʼhoan : màšà-ǀǀʼã̀ (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 234.

RefLex number: 872

Proto-Ju: √matuka

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: sourmilk, buttermilk

Juǀʼhoan : mȁtȕkȁ (n5 -si)

Notes : < Herero.

References : Dickens 235.

RefLex number: 890

Proto-Ju: √moa

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: soul

Juǀʼhoan : mȍà (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 235.

RefLex number: 893

Proto-Ju: √moˤno

Meaning: creeping plant (root eaten)

!Kung (Lloyd) : mmòˤno

References : Bleek 138.

RefLex number: 2862

Proto-Ju: √mununu

Meaning: to speak aloud to oneself

Kavango : mȕnűnű (E)

Ekoka : mȕnūnū

References : Heikkinen 1986; KH 45.

RefLex number: 2867

Proto-Ju: √musaka

Meaning: mouth-piece of hookah

!O!Kung (Bleek) : musaka

References : Bleek 139.

RefLex number: 2864

Proto-Ju: √mušu

Tonal pattern: LM [e]

Meaning: to dodge

Kavango : mùűsű

Ekoka : mʰùūšū

References : Heikkinen 1986; KH 45.

RefLex number: 2868

Proto-Ju: √n

Meaning: this

!Kung (Vedder): neː ~ nèːa

!O!Kung (Bleek) : ŋ ~ n "this one, this is, here" // ne "some" (?)

References : Bleek 141, 144.

RefLex number: 2987

Proto-Ju: √na

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: love

Juǀʼhoan : nàà kʰòè "love one another" // nà-čí / (n1 si) "lover, boyfriend, girlfriend"; nà-čí-dȁʔàmà, pl. nà-čí-dȁʔábíásì (n1) "illegitimate child"

References : Dickens 236.

RefLex number: 896

Proto-Ju: √na

Meaning: particle of unfinished action (?)

!O!Kung (Bleek) : na

References : Bleek 142.

RefLex number: 2988

Proto-Ju: √na

Meaning: I

!Kung (Lloyd) : na ~ ne

!Kung (Doke): nà

!Kung (Vedder): ne

References : Bleek 142, 144.

RefLex number: 2989

Proto-Ju: √na

Meaning: conjunction (and, then, etc.)

ǀǀAuǀǀen : na ~ ne ~ ni

!O!Kung (Bleek) : na ~ ne

Ekoka : n̄ń (hŋ́ ~ ŋ̄hŋ́) "(a) 'so that, in order to', purpose clause marker; (b) and (in commands)"

References : Bleek 142; KH 46.

RefLex number: 2990

Proto-Ju: √naʔani

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to test, taste

Juǀʼhoan : nàʔání

References : Dickens 236.

RefLex number: 897

Proto-Ju: √naʔaru

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to sway (e.g. like a snake in threatening pose, like a running giraffe etc.)

Juǀʼhoan : nȁʔàrù

References : Dickens 236.

RefLex number: 898

Proto-Ju: √naʔm

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to lick

Juǀʼhoan : nȁʔm

Notes : Cf., perhaps, Ekoka tābē ḿ, tālē (ḿ) id., Ovambo tàbèʔm̋, tàrèʔm̋ id., with irregular consonant correspondences in a 'lick/tongue'-type word? (The form tàrèʔm̋ may be a contamination with *[n]thari 'tongue').

References : Dickens 236; Heikkinen 1986; KH 63.

RefLex number: 904

Proto-Ju: √nabe

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: greet, praise

Juǀʼhoan : nábékʰà

!Kung (Lloyd) : nabbe

References : Bleek 142; Dickens 236.

RefLex number: 899

Proto-Ju: √nabo

Tonal pattern: MM [e]

Meaning: stab, sting

Ekoka : nābō

References : KH 45.

RefLex number: 3000

Proto-Ju: √nãˤʔã

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to be sick and tired of doing something

Juǀʼhoan : nàˤʔã́nȁˤʔã̀

References : Dickens 236.

RefLex number: 909