West Central Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ!xo

Meaning : a k. of reed

//Ani : ɡ!xǒ

References : Vossen 1986: 335.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ|àbà

Meaning : to pile up

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : ɡ|àbà

References : Visser 16.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ|àná

Meaning : leaf

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɡ|ã̂

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɡ|ã̀ã́; ɡ|ã̌ (Kö.)

|Ganda : ɡ|ã̌

Naro : g|ana (Ba.)

|Gwi : dâ̰na, ʒâ̰na (Na.); dana (Ta.)

//Gana : ɡ|ánà; dâ̰na (Na.); dana (Ta.)

References : Barnard 47; KH; Nakagawa 1998: 249; Tanaka 56; Vossen 424-5.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ|àró

Meaning : ostrich

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɡ|ádò

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɡ|àdǒ (Kö.); |gărō (W.)

Buga : ɡ|àdò

|Ganda : ɡ|àdò

Naro : ɡ|àdó (V.); g|àró (Ba.)

|Gwi : ɡ|ádó; ngǂaru (Ta.)

//Gana : ɡ|ádú; ngǂaru (Ta.)

#Haba : ɡ|àdó

Tsaukwe : $garu

References : Barnard 43; Bleek 276, 687; Tanaka 68; Vossen 496.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ|au

Meaning : puff-adder

Naro : ɡ|au (Ha.)

References : Haacke 1997: 183.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ|ini

Meaning : fly (n.)

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɡ|àní

Kxoe (Hukwe) : |íni̇ (Kö.)

Buga : ɡ|íní

|Ganda : ɡ|ínì

Naro : ɡ|ìní (V.); g|èní (Ba.)

|Gwi : ɡ|ínì; g|ene (Ta.)

//Gana : ɡ|ínì; g|ene (Ta.)

#Haba : ɡ|ìní

Notes : Unclear -a- in ||Ani.

References : Barnard 45; Tanaka 37; Vossen 436.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ|oa

Meaning : spider

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɡ|oa-ba (Ha.)

Naro : ɡ|oa-ba (Ha.)

References : Haacke 1997: 193.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ|òḿ

Meaning : to pull out

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɡ|òḿ

References : Vossen 449.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ|ùí

Meaning : bushland

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɳ|ùí (?)

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɡ|ùí (Kö.)

Buga : ɡ|ùí

|Ganda : ɡ|ùí

Naro : ɡ|ùí "forest" (V.)

#Haba : ɡ|ùí

References : Vossen 427.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ||a

Meaning : Otis vigorsii

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : g||aba, g||a (Ba.)

References : Barnard 43.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ||ae

Meaning : female

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɡ||ɛ=

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɡ||ɛ́-kxoe; ɡ||ɛ̌ (Kö.)

Buga : ɡ||ɛ=

|Ganda : ɡ||ɛ=

Naro : ɡ||ae= (V.); g||áís-khùè "woman" (Ba.)

|Gwi : ɡ||ae=; g||aí "female", g||aíkue "woman" (Ta.)

//Gana : ɡ||ɛ=; g||aí "female", g||aíkue "woman" (Ta.)

#Haba : ɡ||ae=

References : Barnard 71; KH; Tanaka 35, 108; Vossen 506.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ||àí

Meaning : cheek

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɳ||àí

Naro : ɡ||àí (V.)

Notes : Irregular ɳ|| in ||Ani.

References : Vossen 504.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ||àḿ

Meaning : thorn

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɡ||àḿ, ɳ||àḿ

Buga : ɡ||àḿ

|Ganda : ɡ||àḿ

Naro : ɡ||àḿ (V.); g||ǎm (Ba.)

|Gwi : ɡ||ám̀; gǂam (Ta.)

//Gana : ɡ||ám̀; gǂam (Ta.)

#Haba : ɡ||áḿ

References : Barnard 48; Tanaka 97; Vossen 428; Vossen 1986: 328 .

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ||ara

Meaning : to scarify

//Ani : ɡ||árà

References : Vossen 1986: 328.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ||àú

Meaning : to suffer

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɡ||áù

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɡ||èú (Kö.)

Buga : ɡ||àú

|Ganda : ɡ||àú

Naro : ɳ||àú (V.) (?)

#Haba : ɡ||àú

References : Vossen 463.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ||àu

Meaning : mouse, rat

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : ɡ||àu

References : Visser 24.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ||ãũa

Meaning : spirit (occ. ancestral)

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɡ||ã́ṹà

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ||àwǎ (Kö.)

Buga : ɡ||ã́ṹá

|Ganda : ɡ||ã́ṹà

Naro : ɡ||ã̀ũ̀á (V.); ||gaũwa (B.)

#Haba : ɡ||ã̀ũ̀á

References : Barnard 84; Bleek 529; Vossen 414.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ||òé

Meaning : tortoise

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɡ||òé

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɡ||óé (Kö.)

|Ganda : ɡ||óé

Naro : ɡ||òé (V.); g||oe (Ba.)

|Gwi : gǂoe (Ta.)

//Gana : ɡ||òè; gǂoe (Ta.)

#Haba : ɡ||òé

References : Barnard 41; Tanaka 99; Vossen 461.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ||òró

Meaning : a k. of tree (Mopane)

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɳ||òdó (?)

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɡ||òdó (Kö.)

Buga : ɡ||òdó

|Ganda : ɡ||òdó

Naro : ɡ||òdó (V.)

|Gwi : ɡ||ódó

//Gana : ɡ||ódó

#Haba : ɡ||òdó

References : Vossen 420-21.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ||ǔ

Meaning : chest

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɡ||ǔ

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɡ||ùú

Naro : ɡ||ùu; ɡ||ǔ (V.)

|Gwi : g̃!usha (Ta.)

//Gana : ɡ||û; g̃usha (Ta.)

References : Barnard 65; KH; Tanaka 21; Visser 1998: 134; Vossen 426.