North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √dodoho

Tonal pattern: XXL [e]

Meaning: borehole, well

Ekoka : dȍdȍhò (3)

References : KH 23.

RefLex number: 2971

Proto-Ju: √doˤʔm

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to mix, flavour (food, by adding a spice etc.)

Juǀʼhoan : dòˤʔm // dòˤʔm-á kʰòè "be mixed up, be in disarray, be confused"; dòˤʔm-čí-á (n5 -si) "flavouring, spice, herb"

References : Dickens 197.

RefLex number: 159

Proto-Ju: √doˤe

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to smoke (bees out of their hive), (make someone) inhale smoke for medicinal reasons, frighten game away unintentionally with smoke

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : dȍȅˤ

References : Dickens 197.

RefLex number: 157

Proto-Ju: √doma

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to obliterate (e.g. as rain obliterates footprints)

Juǀʼhoan : dómá

References : Dickens 197.

RefLex number: 155

Proto-Ju: √dongi

Tonal pattern: XH [j]

Meaning: donkey

Juǀʼhoan : dȍngí (n2 -si)

Ekoka : dòŋgí (1)

References : Dickens 197; KH 24.

RefLex number: 156

Proto-Ju: √doni

Meaning: to make off, run away

!Kung (Doke): dōːnī

References : Bleek 27.

RefLex number: 2946

Proto-Ju: √doŋgo

Meaning: monkey nut

!O!Kung (Bleek) : dɔ̀ŋgo

References : Bleek 27.

RefLex number: 2945

Proto-Ju: √doŋgo

Tonal pattern: LL [e]

Meaning: leprosy

Ekoka : dòŋgò (1)

References : KH 24.

RefLex number: 2973

Proto-Ju: √doro

Meaning: to pierce (beads), rub (fire)

ǀǀAuǀǀen : dɔro

Notes : < Nama doro.

References : Bleek 28.

RefLex number: 2948

Proto-Ju: √doro

Meaning: thong

!Kung (Wilhelm): dóroː

References : Bleek 28.

RefLex number: 2949

Proto-Ju: √doro

Tonal pattern: LL [e]

Meaning: gnaw

Ekoka : dòlò ḿ

References : KH 23.

RefLex number: 2972

Proto-Ju: √dou

Meaning: outside

!Kung (Lloyd) : dou

Notes : Meaning indicated as dubious (found in the phrase ta ɡǀe šuwa dou '(he) came to lie outside').

References : Bleek 28.

RefLex number: 2950

Proto-Ju: √du

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to do, make, cause, happen

Juǀʼhoan : dù // dù-à "do with, do to"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): du

ǀǀAuǀǀen : duːwa "to do wrong" (?)

Notes : The ǀǀAuǀǀen form may be a mistranslation, or simply does not belong here.

References : Bleek 30; Dickens 197; Snyman 38.

RefLex number: 172

Proto-Ju: √du

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: eland

Juǀʼhoan : dȕ (n2)

References : Dickens 198.

RefLex number: 173

Proto-Ju: √du

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: small black ant-heap

Juǀʼhoan : dùú

References : Dickens 198.

RefLex number: 182

Proto-Ju: √du

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: food plant, Bauhinia urbaniana

Juǀʼhoan : dȕù-šóbà (n3)

References : Dickens 198.

RefLex number: 183

Proto-Ju: √du

Meaning: to heat slowly

ǀǀAuǀǀen : duː

References : Bleek 28.

RefLex number: 2952

Proto-Ju: √du

Meaning: to let out

ǀǀAuǀǀen : du

References : Bleek 28.

RefLex number: 2953

Proto-Ju: √dũ

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to distract the attention (esp. of people fighting, in order to separate them)

Juǀʼhoan : dũ̀ṹ-dũ̀ṹ

References : Dickens 198.

RefLex number: 186

Proto-Ju: √dũʔũ

Tonal pattern: LL [e]

Meaning: be naked

Ekoka : dũ̀ʔũ̀ní

References : KH 24.

RefLex number: 2976